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transport. My guess is, without seeing the damage, that it won't be
long until the rod blows up in your face unless you have a replacement
from the manufacturer.. Damaged graphite rods don't do too well
overall.


that echos my experience ...

if the mfg WILL repair it at a REASONable cost, I'd have it fixed,

but

I have a 'favorite' rod I've paid to have fixed twice ( over nearly 30
years ) by Scott. However, next time it breaks, it's gone ... 'favorite'
old rods sometimes don't stand up to a real world comparison to new ones
and the repair cost is actually better applied to a new 'favorite' I'd
test a few new replacements before I stretched the actual numbers involved
in "reasonable cost" too far