Graphite composite versus fiberglass

[Jackster]

Some rods don't take to being bent a certain way. I've seen several rods break when the owners were stringing them up and a knot caught on the tip section, in freeing it they bent the tip back on itself and 'snap'.
High performance rods need to be treated as such IMHO. Loomis once said he could build a rod that wouldn't break but no one would buy it.

[Bobinmich]

The late JC would always remind us that more rods are broken while stringing than any other way. He would tell us to aways set the rod butt down on something forgiving and walk the line out to the end.

Bob