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Hard part about any rod that breaks is not knowing what type of pounding it has taken. The wrong impact on any rod will create a weak point that will fail under the right conditions. I've been a custom rod builder longer than most on this site have been around let alone fishing and have seen just about every make n model of rod broken one way or other.About the only one I've never seen broke is the old Lami bts 120 6m. An old Hatteras heaver from the 60's. Probably one of the original canal sticks and was only a limited run.A few broken rods means hard fishing and probably banging off rocks when slipping an falling. A lot means a flaw.
Thin walled blanks will never take the same beating as heavier rods.It doesn't mean they're not a good rod. I've broken 3 of the new rods myself so far. A CTS at Rissa a couple yrs ago,aslingshot 120 from a plug slamming into it and and a 1327 slingshot that I'm still not sure why she failed. Before this I've broken fenwick 136m,lami 1322 Arra and Gsb and a few 8 an 9 ftrs. I still use another one of the rods that I broke because they do the job I want not because they're bad rods.Bad blanks show up quick because you don't see a couple broke here n there you see a lot. Look at the ist run ARRA 9 ft 2 peice. If you break one send it back.
if a rod is junk you will see a few custom builders an some shops on here talking about them. Ron
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