To be more specific have you ever broken an fly rod while fishing. Breaking off tips in doors trees, and stuff doesn't count. I guess while falling or dropping a rod would be a catagory. I'm looking for people that broke rods while hooked up to a fish. I've never broken a fly rod fishing but I did snap a cheap spinning rod once while fishing the powerplant outlet pool in Carlsbad. This fish picked up my ghost shrimp and started heading towards the ocean. That old fiberglass rod sounded like a rifle when it broke. I've caught 140 pound sailfish and that fish didn't even know that it was hooked. I'm guessing a very large shark but who knows.