Well, shimano, first experience with the company, not happy.
First time using and buying a shimano sea fishing setup, shimano backbone rod, first day out and it snapped when striking a fish. Has anyone used these and am I just unlucky, it cost me a pretty penny this setup.
Posted by FazBear_
6 Comments
boogaloo-boo on
Few factors could be at play here but I won’t dismiss your story OP.
I could see this happening with someone using too much drag and then the fish swims under the boat
Effectively, breaking the rod.
Ive been fishing a decent ammount and people near me at the pier break rods and im rocking my 10$ rod.
But hey
Jeremy Wade broke rods too you know?
lubeinatube on
Generally rods snap due to user error. Even a big beefy 100-200# stick will snap like a chop stick if you high-stick it. Did something go wrong, or did it snap under proper use?
Past_Attempt_5261 on
Either user error or you stepped on it banged it at some point, has literally nothing to do with the company
Fl48Special on
High sticking
Djanga51 on
Classic mid bend failure. Highstick error. Old glass rods bend to absurd degrees. Carbon is not your friend the same way.
Push it too far into the bend? And it’ll fail.
Bang it and put an unseen fracture in it and it’ll fail under peak load.
I’m not fully blaming OP here, but… it’s pretty much exactly where you’d expect to see a ‘high stick’ failure… and that’s pretty telling.
Shimano ain’t shit. It’s learnt the hard way to earn its market share. They make good stuff. Yes there still will be random exceptions, but overall? It’s good bang for buck gear… with actual premium level available that’s at the top of the game.
To return to high sticking? I’ve seen quite a few ‘new’ rods blown up from people who used to own glass, not carbon. It’s a learning curve. Keep the load deep down in the rod blank. Do NOT let the mid section take the biggest loads.
Fake-y-ismo69 on
You’re probably just unlucky. Shimano has my trust to the point that idk if I’ll even bother with another brand.
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Few factors could be at play here but I won’t dismiss your story OP.
I could see this happening with someone using too much drag and then the fish swims under the boat
Effectively, breaking the rod.
Ive been fishing a decent ammount and people near me at the pier break rods and im rocking my 10$ rod.
But hey
Jeremy Wade broke rods too you know?
Generally rods snap due to user error. Even a big beefy 100-200# stick will snap like a chop stick if you high-stick it. Did something go wrong, or did it snap under proper use?
Either user error or you stepped on it banged it at some point, has literally nothing to do with the company
High sticking
Classic mid bend failure. Highstick error. Old glass rods bend to absurd degrees. Carbon is not your friend the same way.
Push it too far into the bend? And it’ll fail.
Bang it and put an unseen fracture in it and it’ll fail under peak load.
I’m not fully blaming OP here, but… it’s pretty much exactly where you’d expect to see a ‘high stick’ failure… and that’s pretty telling.
Shimano ain’t shit. It’s learnt the hard way to earn its market share. They make good stuff. Yes there still will be random exceptions, but overall? It’s good bang for buck gear… with actual premium level available that’s at the top of the game.
To return to high sticking? I’ve seen quite a few ‘new’ rods blown up from people who used to own glass, not carbon. It’s a learning curve. Keep the load deep down in the rod blank. Do NOT let the mid section take the biggest loads.
You’re probably just unlucky. Shimano has my trust to the point that idk if I’ll even bother with another brand.