12-28-08, 08:44 PM | #1 |
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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, 08:54 PM | #2 |
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War Eagle, it sounds like you got a defect their, I own a Lightning Ultra Lite Rod and have never had any problems.
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12-28-08, 09:23 PM | #3 |
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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.
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12-28-08, 11:02 PM | #4 |
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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!!
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12-28-08, 11:43 PM | #5 |
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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?].
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12-29-08, 12:00 AM | #6 |
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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.
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12-29-08, 12:07 AM | #7 |
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Had to be a bad rod man , i have a couple lighting rods myself and have had no problems with them .
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12-29-08, 12:08 AM | #8 |
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I had a rod break this year but only because I opened the convertible top on it.
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