felt sick this morning, so i took the day off of work. while fishing from the yak i hooked a nice sized striper. played him too quick, because he still had plenty of energy when i got him to the boat. when i got him in close he darted under the yak, and my beautiful one month old albright exs four piece rod is now a six piece rod! thank god for jim murphy and his warranty!!!
sorry to hear that.
jed
Dave
Is this the first rod that has ever broken on you? The only reson I ask is cause I have never had one break. Nothing against Albright because I have heard nothing but good things about their rods, but do you think it being a multi piece rod had anything to do with it breaking? Or were you just a cluts?
I’ve only broken one other rod, a two hander and it was while casting–clearly a defect. This break was not fault of the rod; i didn’t repond quick enough when the bass went under the boat. and JC, i didn’t tell them to give the guarantee–it was their idea! 
So sorry to hear that you’re ill.
See what happens when you tell “stories”?
Trouts don’t live in ugly places
betty, don’t think that didn’t cross my mind!
Well, if ya look on the bright side, atleast you can find fish. We Scituate men haven’t seen a striper or blue in weeks.
Anyway, happy to hear about you missing work, sorry to hear about your rod.
Tight lines,
Chris
I Love a good rod Warranty story… 
“I’ve often wondered why it is that so many anglers spend so much money on,and pay so much attention to.the details on the wrong end of the fly line.If they took as much care in selecting or tying their flies as they did in the selection of the reel and rod,They might be able to gain the real extra edge that makes it possible to fool a fish that has,in fact,seen it all before” A.K.Best
“Wish ya great fishing”
Bill
Dave,
Very sorry to hear about the reconfiguration that the striper did on your fly rod. I would imagine that your illness returned, much strengthen, when the rod snapped. Back in my old hardware chucking days, I broke a new rod while watching this great looking girl peddle by on a bike. She smiled, I smiled, then I debonairly dropped the storage compartment lid on rod tip.
I’ve never broken a fly rod (knock on wood) but all of mine are two piece models. Do you think the four piece model is more prone to failure while paying big fish? 8T
You had better learn to be a happy camper. You only get one try at this campground and it’s a real short camping season.
I pinched the butt off of my 2 wt several weeks ago in my trunk tailgate. Sage fixed it up nice. The next time I used it I broke the tip in my sun roof while I was putting it back in the car. I have one of the RodMounts thingies.
2 breaks and nary a fish to show for it. Consider yourself lucky Dave.
Also, how much for me not to forward this link to the Dean’s Council at the Toot.
Dear boss,
I feel sick enough to go fishing so I can break my new rod & feel even sicker!! When does my short term disability kick in? Hunh? What do you MEAN it’s been replaced by severance?
Love,
Dave
Just be glad that your rod acted like a shock absorber to keep your yak from rolling over. Yaks are pretty stable but that 9 ft of leverage makes a roll pretty easy. I had a close call earlier in the year with a bluefish that did the same thing and scared the crap out of me just as a wave came up.
Who has time for stress when there are fish to catch.
Nick
nick, things went wrong on so many levels–mainly my reaction time… the real bummer was it was three hours before low, and i had paddled quite a distance with the wind and the tide to a very good spot, thinking i’d fish there through the change of tides and at least have the tide with me paddling back. i broke the rod within the first hours, and without a backup i had to paddle back AGAINST the wind AND the tide. what a killer. from now on the cabelas stowaway 8 wt. stays in the kayak!
8T–i’d rather break a rod the way you did than the way i did! i don’t think the multi piece had any bearing on it–just poor streamcraft on my part. prior to the exs i had been fishing a 4 piece diamondback for about 6 years with no problem; before that it was a 4 piece orvis power matrix, again with no problem. i just put that rod in a position where something had to give, but i wish it had been the leader!
tuber, tuber, tuber…what am i going to do with you?
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Doesn’t that suck paddling against the current and wind. It seems that it always happens that way. I usually plan my trip to have the wind help me on the way back so I fight it on the trip out and then the damn thing changes directon so it is a fight to get back.
Good news at least you had the benefit of fighting a good fish first so it wasn’t a complete loss. Nothing agrivates me more than driving out somewhere and paddling or walking out just to turn back without being able to make a single cast because of something broken or forgotten.
Who has time for stress when there are fish to catch.
Nick
D. Micus
Sorry to hear you broke the rod, glad to hear you are well enough to fish, being too sick to work is not a bad thing. Being too sick to fish is the worse.
I read all the post above and not one offered you the loan of a rod till yours gets fixed.
Stop by the house this afternoon and you can pick one of mine to go salty fishing with. Sorry no little 8wts here but a nice 9 could be had or my 12wt. I know you will never break another by letting a fish get the best of you.
Harold
Thanks, Harold…Jed offered me a rod, also (via email), but when I took inventory I have 5 more saltwater rods (six if you count the two hander), sooooooo i’m all set. but i never will break another on a fish–you’re right about that!
D. Micus
The only way I am afraid of breaking a rod this summer is if the wife breaks it cleaning house. Red tide has kept me from going all summer so far. I have been thinking of using the small stuff and going freshwater fishing.
I know I know. But even the fish in the glass box look like snook now.
Harold
Dave,
Your kids have no toys, but you have many fishing rods.
Your children walk to school without shoes and you have kayaks.
Your kids have only bread and water for dinner but you have rum.
Ahhh a pirate after me own heart.
AAARRRGGHHH
jed
Dave
Sorry about the rod…did you land the fish?
Larry
Larry, I did land him. Wish I could say it was the fish of a lifetime and that I’d gladly sacrafice a rod for such a fish, but instead it was a fat 25 incher that i brought to hand too fast…live and learn! the good news is it has made me use a 10 ft. 8 wt. that i bought last year but haven’t used much, and it is a very nice rod!