Yes. Breakage is 95% on the fisherman. If under gunned in a fight, one simply drops the tip and goes to the reel.
Watched a cross stream guy dunking eggs for silvers one day break two rods before leaving. His strikes on a bump could extract the ivory from an elephant.
I have early glass Fenwicks up and into some fine custom (Orvis/Meiser) rods. Not one of them is an orgasmic experience, and I live for steelhead fishing. I'm happy to fish either any day of the week, as I'm not into cosmetics or impressing the next guy down the bank. Last guided steelhead trip I got grief for packing a 1970's 9-wt glass Fenwick with a Pflueger reel on board. One guess as to the sole person landing fish that day.
There's a famous line somewhere about folks that blame their equipment.