Originally Posted by
Brent
Great catch!
A small bit of advice. I know you weren't doing it at the time your rod snapped, but grabbing your rod half way up and pulling hard like that will cause it to break.
The entire rod is needed to properly absorb the bend and when you grab it, you have now reduced all of the weight to just the end from where you hand is. I know because I snapped one just trying to pull a lure out of a bush from one of my errant casts. Wasn't even pulling that hard, but that's all it took. Especially with some of the light, brittle composite materials used nowadays.
Keep the awesome videos coming. Reminds me of my youth with my dad when we traveled from Houston to Canada all 9 of us in a crappy station wagon every year. Loved it and still have great memories from those trips.