woodmaster9
Member
Hello Gentlemen, I have a question for y'all. Now I'm an older guy and I retired about 9 mo ago. I bought myself a few retirement toys. One of them was a new rod, a shakesphere uglystick. Up to now I have always just used the old rods I had from when I was a kid... all of them inexpensive fiberglass. This new rod is new, high technology carbon fiber, as most of them are these days. The da$$ thing broke on me the second time I used it! What a piece of crap! I have rods that are over 50 yrs old and they have sure seen their share of both use and abuse but none of them have ever just snapped in two. I was telling a friend about it and he said that he has had 3 break on him. Is this the new normal? My old ones have been stepped on, thrown, dragged, picked up by the tip, left out in weather, fell in the river, used as a walking stick on steep banks and everything else you can imagine.