Broken rods...

DougH · Post by **DougH** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:01 pm

This has been a lousy two weeks for me. I have broken 4 rods worth ~ $500.

Granted I don't use Loomis rods, but I broke 2 crucials spinning rods, a rogue spinning rod that was only a week old ! and an old berkley autograph finesse topwater rod that I just loved.

I'm guessing that I stepped on the two that lost the tips, I slammed the finesse topwater rod into the trolling motor on a nice Havasu smallie, and the other crucial I snapped off a foot and a half while setting on a dropshot fish with 6 lb floro. I'm thinking that one had a crack from somewhere else.

WAAAAAA

Schneider Fishing · Post by **Schneider Fishing** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:05 pm

Bummer. Sorry to hear that. If they had been loomis it would have been $1,000 worth of rods and $200 to replace. Now it that a good thing or a bad thing. Take them to your best and favorite tackle store and see if they can o anything for you. Good Luck.

DougH · Post by **DougH** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:11 pm

I retipped two of em, but the other two lost over a foot.
I'm sending the crucial to shimano, but expecting them to tell me that microscopic examination detected a ding that I inflicted upon the rod...so, tuff luck !!

Rob Cummings · Post by **Rob Cummings** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:46 pm

Quit sittin on 'em pal...oh wait...that would be "lost" rods.

hahahhahahahaaa...

bassrockstar · Post by **bassrockstar** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:24 pm

The Crucial will get replaced no questions asked from Shimano guranteed.

Bill Brown Jr. · Post by **Bill Brown Jr.** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:34 am

Hey Doug,

I feel your pain, I have broken (2) GLXs, (1) DSR, and (1) Crucial in the past two months. I was able to get them all replaced just for the cost of shipping.

Loomis is going to start thinking I might be trying to replace my old inventory.

The worst part is it takes two weeks to get the new rod back, but it beats paying retail to replace.

Best of Luck.

Caveman · Post by **Caveman** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:34 pm

I've gone through three myself recently. Broke a tip off while stringing it up, broke another casting a spinnerbait, and recently snapped one in half on the hookset of a 3 pounder. Thank goodness for the UFC Tackle Shop!

I picked up a BPS Bionic Blade and a XPS Extreme. Both on sale and both tremendous rods.
Fished the Extreme for the first time today. Simply amazing! After landing half a dozen Largemouth and Spotties with it, I let my buddy try it. Long story short, he just ordered one for himself (a Loomis devotee). As, for the Bionic Blade, I wrote a review of it here if you are interested.

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:26 am

C'mon boys and girls - sing with me:

Plug, plug, plug, plug, PLUG, Plug, plug, plug.... dah dah dee, dah dah doh.

We're all in FINE voice this morning!!!

EDIT: Just double-checked, and don't see this as one of the board's sponsors... may want to look into buying some advertising here???

Pred · Post by **Pred** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:39 am

how much is it for a little ad?

Caveman · Post by **Caveman** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:02 am

tunaman wrote:C'mon boys and girls - sing with me:

Plug, plug, plug, plug, PLUG, Plug, plug, plug.... dah dah dee, dah dah doh.

We're all in FINE voice this morning!!!

Just stating my opinion. I really love these rods! They're great values and they happen to be on sale right now.
Didn't mean to sound like a salesman. Sorry if it came accross like that.
I'll tell you one thing, though. It's hard to not constantly pull the trigger on gear when you put your own tackle shop togther. I've constantly got GAS (Gear Aquisition Syndrome)!

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:06 am

Caveman wrote:
tunaman wrote:C'mon boys and girls - sing with me:

Plug, plug, plug, plug, PLUG, Plug, plug, plug.... dah dah dee, dah dah doh.

We're all in FINE voice this morning!!!
Just stating my opinion. I really love these rods! They're great values and they happen to be on sale right now.
Didn't mean to sound like a salesman. Sorry if it came accross like that.
I'll tell you one thing, though. It's hard to not constantly pull the trigger on gear when you put your own tackle shop togther. I've constantly got GAS (Gear Aquisition Syndrome)!

No worries... I have no stake in the site, aside from being one of the nutcases. I had my tongue firmly planted in my cheek when I wrote it, but it certainly did look like a blatant plug opportunity!

I can certainly relate to the whole GAS concept though!

Roger

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:36 pm

I think this is a great topic...

Broken rods and eye's on rods. We take $100 - $400 rods and put them in 1 inch HARD plastic tubes in our rod lockers. Then we run across water with 1, 2, 3 to 6 foot waves that can jar our fillings from our teeth... yet we never think of what that can do to our rods bouncing around in those HARD rod tubes. Then a rod or two breaks or 10 rods lose their eyes...

I my opinion we are in need of a new rod storage system in our boats. I personally yanked my rod storage system out of my rod locker and used the Berserk Baits rod sleeves with re-inforced tips. These keep my rods separated from each other and my rods are banging up and down in those 1 inch tubes.. Instead they only bang on the bottom of my rod locker and on each other... but, that's got to be better than those stinkin' tubes!

Caveman · Post by **Caveman** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:35 pm

tunaman wrote:No worries... I have no stake in the site, aside from being one of the nutcases. I had my tongue firmly planted in my cheek when I wrote it, but it certainly did look like a blatant plug opportunity! I can certainly relate to the whole GAS concept though!

Roger

Hey Roger,
Looking back at it now, it does seem a bit pitchy. I'll try better next time.

BTW, I just checked out your MySpace page. We are eerily similar. Same age. Both mostly fishing for Black Bass after coming from a SW background. Living in CA. Golf. Music (guitar, though). Led Zep. Etc.
Coincidence or supernatural?

DougH · Post by **DougH** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:46 am

Roger[/quote]
Hey Roger,
Looking back at it now, it does seem a bit pitchy. I'll try better next time.

BTW, I just checked out your MySpace page. We are eerily similar. Same age. Both mostly fishing for Black Bass after coming from a SW background. Living in CA. Golf. Music (guitar, though). Led Zep. Etc.
Coincidence or supernatural?

[/quote]

Looks like we need to start the Western Bass Band. I play some mean drums, and the led zep/van halen/zz/ufo is my era.

Then we go golfing...

I think that there is a LOT of dudes on this site that are of the same cut

DougH · Post by **DougH** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:52 am

TomLeogrande wrote:I think this is a great topic...

Broken rods and eye's on rods. We take $100 - $400 rods and put them in 1 inch HARD plastic tubes in our rod lockers. Then we run across water with 1, 2, 3 to 6 foot waves that can jar our fillings from our teeth... yet we never think of what that can do to our rods bouncing around in those HARD rod tubes. Then a rod or two breaks or 10 rods lose their eyes...

I my opinion we are in need of a new rod storage system in our boats. I personally yanked my rod storage system out of my rod locker and used the Berserk Baits rod sleeves with re-inforced tips. These keep my rods separated from each other and my rods are banging up and down in those 1 inch tubes.. Instead they only bang on the bottom of my rod locker and on each other... but, that's got to be better than those stinkin' tubes!

Interesting thought Tom, perhaps someone will soon invent the "soft" rod storage sytem... I see money written all over that one.

Anyways, I've got my rod all packeage up to send to shimano on Monday, we'll see if they replace, or blame it on me..

Shout out to Tackle Warehouse !! They were able to pull my rod receipt out of their system and email it to me in all of 2 minutes so I could have the receipt to send to Shimano.

Nice work JEFF !!!

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:11 am

Caveman wrote:
tunaman wrote:No worries... I have no stake in the site, aside from being one of the nutcases. I had my tongue firmly planted in my cheek when I wrote it, but it certainly did look like a blatant plug opportunity! I can certainly relate to the whole GAS concept though!

Roger
Hey Roger,
Looking back at it now, it does seem a bit pitchy. I'll try better next time.
BTW, I just checked out your MySpace page. We are eerily similar. Same age. Both mostly fishing for Black Bass after coming from a SW background. Living in CA. Golf. Music (guitar, though). Led Zep. Etc.
Coincidence or supernatural?

I prefer to think supernatural!

I knew I liked you for at least ONE reason!!! Are you down here in the south, closer to the central state, or up north? We may have to get a WB jam/sticks/turkey shoot together some time? Sounds like fun!!! As Doug said, I'm sure there are several here who have similar passions and commonalities.

Roger

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:14 am

DougH wrote:Roger
Hey Roger,
Looking back at it now, it does seem a bit pitchy. I'll try better next time.
BTW, I just checked out your MySpace page. We are eerily similar. Same age. Both mostly fishing for Black Bass after coming from a SW background. Living in CA. Golf. Music (guitar, though). Led Zep. Etc.
Coincidence or supernatural?
Looks like we need to start the Western Bass Band. I play some mean drums, and the led zep/van halen/zz/ufo is my era.

Then we go golfing...

I think that there is a LOT of dudes on this site that are of the same cut

Love the idea Doug... we need to get 'er done. This would be very cool!

Roger

Caveman · Post by **Caveman** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:35 am

Roger,

I knew I liked you for at least ONE reason!!!

I hear that a lot!

Are you down here in the south, closer to the central state, or up north?

I'm in Westchester. Near LAX.

We may have to get a WB jam/sticks/turkey shoot together some time?

I'm in! Sounds like a blast!!
Hey, if you ever need a backseater for a tourney, let me know. I'm looking to get some Bass Tournament experience.

Caveman · Post by **Caveman** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:38 am

Doug,

Looks like we need to start the Western Bass Band. I play some mean drums, and the led zep/van halen/zz/ufo is my era.

Then we go golfing...

I think that there is a LOT of dudes on this site that are of the same cut

Sounds like the perfect day to me ... especially if we can squeeze some fishing in, too!

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:46 am

Caveman wrote:
Hey, if you ever need a backseater for a tourney, let me know. I'm looking to get some Bass Tournament experience.

You and me both!!!

I fished mostly as a boater last season, which was my first, and really wasn't ready. I'm looking to do more backseating myself this season to learn, so I'm doing the WON Pro/Ams and Region 7 tournaments, for the most part. I'll probably do some of the 100% Bass tournaments again, as it's a great trail and the TDs are most excellent.

You should look into the Region 7 events yourself... great chance to backseat and learn! This TD's not bad either

(Rae El is TD for this trail, and by all accounts did a GREAT job last year).

Roger

Caveman · Post by **Caveman** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:42 am

You and me both!!! I fished mostly as a boater last season, which was my first, and really wasn't ready. I'm looking to do more backseating myself this season to learn, so I'm doing the WON Pro/Ams and Region 7 tournaments, for the most part. I'll probably do some of the 100% Bass tournaments again, as it's a great trail and the TDs are most excellent.

You should look into the Region 7 events yourself... great chance to backseat and learn! This TD's not bad either (Rae El is TD for this trail, and by all accounts did a GREAT job last year).

Roger

Thanks for the info, Roger. If you do "boat" a tourney, keep me in mind.
I'll bring the sandwiches!

nscharfe · Post by **nscharfe** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:21 am

DougH wrote: Anyways, I've got my rod all packeage up to send to shimano on Monday, we'll see if they replace, or blame it on me..

Shout out to Tackle Warehouse !! They were able to pull my rod receipt out of their system and email it to me in all of 2 minutes so I could have the receipt to send to Shimano.

Nice work JEFF !!!

Shimano has a no questions asked replacement policy on their rods. Ive probably exchanged 20+ rods and have never had to pay a cent (not even for shipping). No need for a receipt and it doesnt matter if its your fault. Rest assured, it will be replaced.

--nate