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East Tide · 10-29-2013, 05:37 PM

Wow, too many to remember details etc but I will do what I can-

One Lami 9' live bait blank I built spinning and broke throwing very light buck tails. I think it was a second blank and probably the only carbon blank that I have broken that hadn't had a little tap or preexisting fracture from another incident. I think I had 17 lb mono and it broke about 16" down.

I broke at least 3 or the big lami SBM 11' Glass blanks (cut down to 10', from butt). I think two were conventional and one was spinning and I used 25 lb mono at the time. These were some of the first rods that I built and I'm pretty sure I might have been wrapping the threads too tight, even thought I was doing it by hand? I don't recall where or how they broke.

I broke 2 tips off 2 Sabre 1209's and one Sabre 1208. Most are still in service but the taper of the tips were super aggressive and any little tap would break them. I think one broke while casting, one from falling over and one from my brother falling on the rocks with it.

By far the rod I miss most is the All Star 1208 I had wrapped as my canal eel stick, used once and let my brother use. I told him to wrap the tip where it rests on the gate of his truck and it filled with air and took the rod and a Penn reel down 495 with it. It was by far the most ideal rod for my personal preferences and the build. Oh well.

I'm sure there were a few more, I just don't remember.

10-29-2013, 05:37 PM	#32
East Tide Slow Droppin' Skins iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Walpole Posts: 206	Wow, too many to remember details etc but I will do what I can- One Lami 9' live bait blank I built spinning and broke throwing very light buck tails. I think it was a second blank and probably the only carbon blank that I have broken that hadn't had a little tap or preexisting fracture from another incident. I think I had 17 lb mono and it broke about 16" down. I broke at least 3 or the big lami SBM 11' Glass blanks (cut down to 10', from butt). I think two were conventional and one was spinning and I used 25 lb mono at the time. These were some of the first rods that I built and I'm pretty sure I might have been wrapping the threads too tight, even thought I was doing it by hand? I don't recall where or how they broke. I broke 2 tips off 2 Sabre 1209's and one Sabre 1208. Most are still in service but the taper of the tips were super aggressive and any little tap would break them. I think one broke while casting, one from falling over and one from my brother falling on the rocks with it. By far the rod I miss most is the All Star 1208 I had wrapped as my canal eel stick, used once and let my brother use. I told him to wrap the tip where it rests on the gate of his truck and it filled with air and took the rod and a Penn reel down 495 with it. It was by far the most ideal rod for my personal preferences and the build. Oh well. I'm sure there were a few more, I just don't remember.
	East Tide