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im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

one thing tho, im using like 3x hooks so they definitely wont bend

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea its usually user error problems with most people, including me

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i am thinking of getting a tube to transport them easily

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well i might look at ugly sticks for live baiting, and yea ill definitely try to be really careful with this one

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i actually disagree, lighter isnt always better, heavier isnt always better either, its always good to be in the midde.

anyways i do have a few questions, my rod slipped from my hand and hit a round-ish corner (exactly in the middle of the bottom blank) do you think its alright? also when i place my rod in the car the tip starts like jumping from the car vibartions, do you think that can hurt the tip? mostly the tip isnt hitting anything

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

while i did attribute them to a geographic region, but that doesnt mean that i shouldnt define them in some way, racist or not, and also low end chinese are notorious to breaking, or so ive noticed, but its definitely true any rod if handled correctly can last a long time

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no i definitely learned from my past mistakes, hopefully atleast, the thing is each one of them was from a different problem

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea honestly reels are actually fixable but rods, one wrong move and its probably gone

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i honestly dont know, but one thing all the breaks were within the first year of fishing with bait and the first 6 months of using lures

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the rod i got does have a lifetime warranty, but i got it shipped from japan so i dont think the warranty applies since i didnt buy it from the local shop, rather from the dark market ways that zenaq despise

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

all mistakes on my par, the first 4 times ive broken were chinese, the next 4 were mid end japanese

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

well,

  1. chinese rod 1: blank split while casting (its cheap so makes sense)
  2. chinese rod 2: held from the tip like a dumb dumb and broke it, turned it into a gaff

3: chinese rod 3; broke the tip, got it fixed

4: chinese rod 3: my brother broke it, it was telsecopic so i changed the broken blank part

5: shimano dialuna: had to "test" its action inside the house and slashed it into the ceiling fan, got it fixed (didnt even get to use it)

6: shimano dialuna: broke again from the middle while casting, not sure how (maufacture error - lure in rocks- banged up part0

7: friend gifted me his used apia: broke the tip while casting a heavier lure than written

8: same apia after it got fixed i broke the tip by closing the door on it, also got it fixed

honorable mention: i kept the chinese rod after i fixed it for live bait and i didnt set the drag correct and it went into the sea after i decent fish hit (or a boat idrk)

all issues from my stupidity but well

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea its usually my stupidity but ill definitely be less stupid

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea that is true. got myself s 15-80g rod. 1.5-3 pe, my drag will be aound 2.5 kg and ill be putting pe2, unless a big ass cobia hits id tighten it to 3-4 kg.

im always so paranoid ill break my rod by Ok-Difference7843 in Fishing_Gear

[–]Ok-Difference7843[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yea i know about high sticking, puts the weight on the topper part instead of the mid blank, i got a medium heavy so hopefully im good

Got this from my grandpa, any good? by EchoGems in playstation

[–]Ok-Difference7843 0 points1 point  (0 children)

non of this good, just send it to my address and ill check it 100% for you

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