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Originally Posted by JeffH
I'm willing to bet it broke 18" or so down from the tip like the two of mine, both of which were during a normal cast. For what it's worth I've never broken any other rod.
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You had the old 1204. Now they call that one the 1203. I'm pretty sure you had one of the blanks from that bad production run about 10 years or so ago. They had one run where they left a layer of cloth out--1322s and 1204s were snapping left and right.
If this is the new 1204--it's the reason I don't buy fast taper rods that have a very powerful butt and taper down to a 7/64" tip. IMO they're a disaster waiting to happen no matter who makes them--Loomis, All Star, Lami, whoever.
As far as Arra's being fragile--I think some of them need more TLC than others. I think the standard taper, "medium/fast" parabolic ones like the 1205, the 1322 and the 126 1MH are as durable as any other graphite rods. No need to baby any of them. Some of the lighter ones need a little more TLC.
Personally I would never own a surf rod with a tip as small as the 1083's (6/64") or the 1084 and new 1204 (7/64").
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