Broke my rod :(

[MichaelAngelo]

Sorry for your loss there sonic. I went through almost the same thing 3 years ago... and just like OT said it propelled my fishing to more successful (and more expensive) levels. I used to fish exclusively with this old black/orange fiberglass rod my grandfather used to use. I didn't know at the time, but I was using a spincast rod with a spinning reel. I wasn't getting much distance with my casts and it was affecting my fishing without me even thinking about it. The tip eventually broke off it and I stopped using it.

a 7' medium graphite rod, once you get used to it, will be a great step forward . I recently went back to trying one of my grandfather's other old fiberglass rods and didn't like it one bit after getting used to newer "technology"

The fiberglass rods sure do cast farther than their graphite equivalents though....