Something snapped my rod in half... - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

taggermike · 06-05-2015, 09:43 AM

Its hard to break a rod during a fight unless there is a defect or the rod is some how damaged. Another reason rods break is from "high sticking". Either way it sucks. But now you can get a new rod. Mike

dsutter775 · 06-05-2015, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by taggermike

Its hard to break a rod during a fight unless there is a defect or the rod is some how damaged. Another reason rods break is from "high sticking". Either way it sucks. But now you can get a new rod. Mike

Rod was pretty much parallel to the water when it snapped. I was only using 25# flouro leader and the rod wasnt damaged so I'm not really sure why it broke. I grew up fly fishing on very light gear so I know how to play a fish pretty well on lighter gear than the size of the fish. Drag was set accordingly to my line weight also...

Zed · 06-05-2015, 10:11 AM

Take whats left w your story to Shimano. Theyll do you right. Maybe not as right as bwe but theyll hook you up some way.

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Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	Take whats left w your story to Shimano. Theyll do you right. Maybe not as right as bwe but theyll hook you up some way. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

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06-05-2015, 09:43 AM	#1
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Its hard to break a rod during a fight unless there is a defect or the rod is some how damaged. Another reason rods break is from "high sticking". Either way it sucks. But now you can get a new rod. Mike