,gwe,
Happiness is an Loomis GLX 1141-S 9'6" UL blowing right the [bleep] up on a 35" Trout. LOVED the sound of the explosion.(grin)
Loomis is good stuff. You musta mistreated it.....
Heres a 'pard trying to blow up a 4' Micro light with a 500 Shimano on a pike..
Couldnt get it done...but after a few hundred the reel was schitt... but pike don't run like those adipose finned fishys....
Only thing breakin rods on this trip was my wife...she disposed of a 5.5 footer....