Recommendations on how NOT to break your rod

[Nedak]

I suffered through several broken rods.  I found this article helpful.  Hopefully someone can avoid a broken tip...

http://www.sageflyfish.com/blog/04/2012/the-rod-breakin%E2%80%99-blues-by-joe-mahler/

[TurbineBlade]

Sage wisdom.....

Gene

[John Bilotta]

Nice piece.

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[namfos]

Only rod I ever broke while fishing was a spinning rod, my error, but it was an inferior product compared to subsequent rods.  Haven't yet broken a fly rod while fishing but there are other hazards: car doors, tailgates, dropped oars, children stepping on foolishly placed rods, etc. I've experienced at least 3 of these. ;-)

Mark 

[Richard Farino]

Knock on wood.

See you in a few weeks   ;)

R

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[Eric Y.]

Same boat, Mark. I've broken half a dozen rods in car doors, ceiling fans, falling while hiking in to a hole, etc. Only one was broken on a fish, and I suspect that the tungsten-eyed clouser dinging the tip a few casts earlier was the real culprit. 

[namfos]

Beats wearing it as an a pierced ear...or worse, Eric. (Been there done that too: eyebrow) 

I neglected to add another way to wreck your rod is to fall down while fighting a fish and letting go of the rod. In my case, the smallie in question swam off with the whole rig, rod/reel/line. My all-time fishing screwup. In normal conversation I would express this considerably more indelicately. ;-) 

Mark