Ok, I just don't get it. I have certainly broken my fair share of rods,
but I can only think of one or two that broke during actual fishing. Most
were from things like catching them between the winshield of the boat and a
tree when negotiating a dstump field, or forgetting to lay all my ords down
when navigating a narrow brush choked channel.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I have had eyelet problems on a number of rods that
definitely were not related to abuse. Two of my St Crox rods have had the
insert pop out of eyelets, and I have had problems with one tip that just
fell of. The eyelet feet have been found loose in the wraps on a couple of
my BPS rods, and I have had two Fenwick Eagle rods that had broken eyelets
where I could not recall having abused them, and the eyelet was not bent.

Some of this may simply be because of the extreme and continuous heat that
equipment is exposed to in this area. The glue may not hold well when it
gets that hot.

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