Anyone ever snap a rod?

[Mr. Bill]

I wanted to go fishing at the Four Mile Run outlet this past Sunday, but had less time than I anticipated, so I just hit a familiar spot under Chain Bridge, on the Virginia side. I tried a couple of things over the course of an hour an a half, but wasn't getting so much as a nibble.  Tied on an olive wooly bugger for a few final casts, and on my very last one, I was reeling in nice and slow, hoping to get something off the bottom, when I snagged.  I tried various tricks, to no avail.  Getting aggravated, I started pulling, hoping my leader would give way before my line, when >crack< my rod broke at the first ferrule.  Orvis 8 Wt Zero Gravity.  Kaput.

To say I'm ticked off at myself would be a vast understatement.

[Danny Barrett]

just take it back to any orvis.  ive broken 4 rods, lost the top half of 2 rods, and broke a walking stick and im only 20.  orvis is worth the high upfront cost, its great stuff and replaceable.  oh and a pair of waders.  worse case is they ask how you broke it so they get a laugh, and itll take them a week or 2 to replace it.  or thats been my espierience so far.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Mr. Bill <wittig....@gmail.com> wrote:

I wanted to go fishing at the Four Mile Run outlet this past Sunday, but had less time than I anticipated, so I just hit a familiar spot under Chain Bridge, on the Virginia side. I tried a couple of things over the course of an hour an a half, but wasn't getting so much as a nibble.  Tied on an olive wooly bugger for a few final casts, and on my very last one, I was reeling in nice and slow, hoping to get something off the bottom, when I snagged.  I tried various tricks, to no avail.  Getting aggravated, I started pulling, hoping my leader would give way before my line, when >crack< my rod broke at the first ferrule.  Orvis 8 Wt Zero Gravity.  Kaput.

To say I'm ticked off at myself would be a vast understatement.

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[Casey Peltier]

yeah, i would be pist, and yeah, Orvis is very kind about such things.
next time you'll remember to point the rod at the fly and pull on the flyline with your hand, exerting no pressure on the rod at all, and breaking off somewhere between the fly and the line.  i've even moved significantly heavy snaggy things with no risk to the rod this way when the leader was particularly strong.

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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:50:05 -0700
From: wittig....@gmail.com
To: tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Anyone ever snap a rod?

I wanted to go fishing at the Four Mile Run outlet this past Sunday, but had less time than I anticipated, so I just hit a familiar spot under Chain Bridge, on the Virginia side. I tried a couple of things over the course of an hour an a half, but wasn't getting so much as a nibble.  Tied on an olive wooly bugger for a few final casts, and on my very last one, I was reeling in nice and slow, hoping to get something off the bottom, when I snagged.  I tried various tricks, to no avail.  Getting aggravated, I started pulling, hoping my leader would give way before my line, when >crack< my rod broke at the first ferrule.  Orvis 8 Wt Zero Gravity.  Kaput.

To say I'm ticked off at myself would be a vast understatement.

[Fly Fish]

Casey is 100% on this - I know a ton of guys, me included, that broke rods by flexing the rod to break off a snag.  I can learn!  Now I always point the rod tip at the snag and pull the line with my hand, making sure the rod is not in play at all, just a Casey suggested.  ORVIS is great about it.  They should spend a dollar to put a huge poster in each rod tube to ask anglers to avoid using the rod to break off a snag, they would save a ton on repair/replacement.

[Vic Velasco]

I had a bonefish on an island in the Indian Ocean snap my 8wt at the same spot.  There are instructions on Orvis's website for how to get the repair done.