No rods should break if you take good care of it. But I don't think Loomis rods break any more frequently than other rods. Don't equate volume of rods breaking with the percentage of these rods breaking.

If 1000 people use Loomis rods, and 1% break, thats 10 rods (I think). If 100 people use Shakespeare rods and 1% break, thats just 1 rod. You'll likely hear 10 complaints of the Loomis rods breaking and just 1 about the Shakespeare. The same percentage of Shakespeare rods probably break too, you just don't hear about it because: 1) not as many people are using them, and 2) you expect a Shakespeare rod to break, so those people probably won't post their complaint on here.

Moondoggie, post follow-ups to let us know how Loomis' customer service deals with your problem, I think we'd all benefit from your experience.

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