Freespirit Tamer Power Float 15'

[Alec Hague]

If i'm picturing your description correctly, that sounds like a very dodgy manouvre Cliff.
Too much pressure on a short section of the rod and the pressure is applied in the wrong way.

The spine is very unlikely to be the cause simply due to the fact that many mass produced rods are built without even a thought as to where it is on a blank. A lot of rods bends with it and against it depending on where the rings are placed.

I think it’s just a case that he’s come across a blank less tolerant to something that he’s done many times over with thicker walled more tolerant blanks.
Hopefully a tip section won’t be too much money to replace.
Look on the plus side cliff. At least the rod is still current and supported. Imagine if that was a 15 year old daiwa or worse …. 30 year old normark

Perhaps I put it badly. I only used spine to describe the effect.

 

[Kevin Steele]

Hopefully a tip section won’t be too much money to replace.

Nearly £100.00 - based on a tip I broke a couple of years ago on a 14ft Acolyte Plus (user error).
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[Richard Isaacs]

Nearly £100.00 - based on a tip I broke a couple of years ago on a 14ft Acolyte Plus (user error).
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Jeeeze that’s a lot of brass for a very small bit of carbon and afew tiny guides
Dread to think what the other sections would cost.