Thanx for the info Rob. My rods good and is always under my underpit with big baits. Okuma 7' 6" big bait rod. The problem was my line and i know it. It wasn't good line and it was only 15 pound test. I wasn't planning on throwing swimbaits that day so i didnt bring better line and i made sure the drag was good if did hook up with that weak line but i couldn't help it getting rapped around the tip of my rod.If i had stronger line i wouldn't have lost it. I had stronger line today and the bill of a castaic snap on swimbait was snapped in half and the hook bent from a fish. Maybe when i fix it ill loosen the drag a little more with that swimbait so it doesn't break again.