broken rod

wareagledc · 12-28-08, 08:44 PM

i got a new berkley lightning rod for christmas and i put 10 lb cajon red on it and as i barley pulled on it to check where the rod tip bent it snapped below the third eye. Are these rods crap or do you think it might of had a crack in it. i came from wal-mart and i was not pulling hard at all. I am gald i wasn't setting the hook on a monster only to have the rod break and snap my line. I am going to take it back to wally world and get a refund but need opions on if it was the rod itself that sucked or if you think it had a default like some idiot at the store was trying to bend it inhalf and cracked it then put it back.

i have a lightning rod in medium action and it works fine. this one was a 6'0 mh.

woody · 12-28-08, 08:54 PM

War Eagle, it sounds like you got a defect their, I own a Lightning Ultra Lite Rod and have never had any problems.

bamabassman · 12-28-08, 09:23 PM

ifn ya got it from wally world, it was crqacked at the store buddy. take it back and they will replace it. it has happened to me a few times. the rods are great in my opion. i have 3 or 4. after all the kids and grown ups play with it there and after seeing what they do pitting them up (employees), it is a wondeer ANY rod is any good there. have to look at it REAL good before you buy it. test it there. then take it home.

MIbasser · 12-28-08, 11:02 PM

I've had this happen to me doing the same thing. However it was a BPS rod. Took it back and they replaced it. I also did this with a St. Croix at Gander Mt. in the store. I took the two pieces to the clerk and ran!!

They should take it back with no issues.

BigBassin144 · 12-28-08, 11:43 PM

I've never used them but know enough people who love them to know they aren't crap. You could have just had a bad one. I sort of had the same thing happen to me. I was at a loacal store that had a bit of fishing stuff. I picked up a cheap daiwa spinning rod, and grabbed the tip and barely bent the rod to test it, and SNAP! I broke right above the ferrul [sp?].

BB

bcklash · 12-29-08, 12:00 AM

Mibasser, I done the same thing at Dick's Sporting Goods and took it to the counter and ask them if this was the kind of crap they sell like I knew what I talking about and then left in a hurry.

Jim80 · 12-29-08, 12:07 AM

Had to be a bad rod man , i have a couple lighting rods myself and have had no problems with them .

Jim

Fishnngolfn · 12-29-08, 12:08 AM

I had a rod break this year but only because I opened the convertible top on it.

12-28-08, 08:44 PM	#1
wareagledc BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: alabama Posts: 273	broken rod i got a new berkley lightning rod for christmas and i put 10 lb cajon red on it and as i barley pulled on it to check where the rod tip bent it snapped below the third eye. Are these rods crap or do you think it might of had a crack in it. i came from wal-mart and i was not pulling hard at all. I am gald i wasn't setting the hook on a monster only to have the rod break and snap my line. I am going to take it back to wally world and get a refund but need opions on if it was the rod itself that sucked or if you think it had a default like some idiot at the store was trying to bend it inhalf and cracked it then put it back. i have a lightning rod in medium action and it works fine. this one was a 6'0 mh.

12-28-08, 11:43 PM	#5
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	I've never used them but know enough people who love them to know they aren't crap. You could have just had a bad one. I sort of had the same thing happen to me. I was at a loacal store that had a bit of fishing stuff. I picked up a cheap daiwa spinning rod, and grabbed the tip and barely bent the rod to test it, and SNAP! I broke right above the ferrul [sp?]. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

12-29-08, 12:00 AM	#6
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	Mibasser, I done the same thing at Dick's Sporting Goods and took it to the counter and ask them if this was the kind of crap they sell like I knew what I talking about and then left in a hurry. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

12-29-08, 12:07 AM	#7
Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	Had to be a bad rod man , i have a couple lighting rods myself and have had no problems with them . Jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

12-28-08, 08:54 PM	#2
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	War Eagle, it sounds like you got a defect their, I own a Lightning Ultra Lite Rod and have never had any problems.

12-28-08, 09:23 PM	#3
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	ifn ya got it from wally world, it was crqacked at the store buddy. take it back and they will replace it. it has happened to me a few times. the rods are great in my opion. i have 3 or 4. after all the kids and grown ups play with it there and after seeing what they do pitting them up (employees), it is a wondeer ANY rod is any good there. have to look at it REAL good before you buy it. test it there. then take it home.

12-28-08, 11:02 PM	#4
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	I've had this happen to me doing the same thing. However it was a BPS rod. Took it back and they replaced it. I also did this with a St. Croix at Gander Mt. in the store. I took the two pieces to the clerk and ran!! They should take it back with no issues.

12-29-08, 12:08 AM	#8
Fishnngolfn BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,523	I had a rod break this year but only because I opened the convertible top on it.

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