Informal Survey – broken rod blanks?

[bobber]

I broke a Tsunami Airwave while fishing... 9 foot spinning rod that brokejust below the 1st guide while fighting a fish. reel spooled with braid; fish surged when I got it close to the beach and rod snapped like a pretzel.

replaced in a heartbeat at the shop I purchased from

[Slipknot]

1. - rainshadow 1207 I think it was, casting a needlefish plug less than 2 ounces on a sandy beach using 14 lb fireline, rod broke in the middle.

2. - G Loomis 7' live bait rod rated 3/8 to 2-1/4 broke while setting hook on a seabass with 14 lb fireline using a 3/8 oz leadhead and Ledgerunner 4" splittail bait. I couldn't believe my eyes, broke right in half. I sent it back and they sent another.

3. Sabre 1088 9' rod spinning, 14 lb fireline, broke in half when jig caught on bottom and I pulled on it wrong to break it off, SNAP

those are the only 3 for me
I have witnessed others breaking rods also and they seem to break for no reason sometimes.

[numbskull]

Dennis, random surveys like this are interesting but can be misleading.

You need to know the number of blanks sold in order to make any sense out of the number of failures reported. Without that the company that has the biggest market share probably will also have the biggest failure rate.

Likewise, when comparing mono to braid you need to control for the experience of the fisherman, the type of blank, its type of use, and number of fishermen using each type of line.

I popped a Lami XRA 1083 using braid when I highsticked it.
I popped a cut down Lami GSB 96M codfishing with mono when pulling on a snag.

[DZ]

I understand Numby - that's why I labeled it informal. Definitly not scientific. Way to many variables. Just looking to see if I could use anything from some informal research - and like you say the results can be interesting.

DZ