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I'm not in any way dogging on sage here, this is just something I've noticed. I spoke with a friend recently about this subject and they had seen similar results from rod to rod of the same model. Maybe all manufacturers are like this. It's just that my Deathstar has been to the hospital a few times.
Anyway, here's the story. I bought a TCX 7126 back in 2010 when they were fairly new and the hot new rod on the market. I have always loved the rod and it probably has more hours on it than any other.
I've snapped it three times, all due to my own ass-i-nine-ness. Once on the rood of my SUV, once when and intruder took of the tip and once when it got wrapped in a tree while I was floating down a small costal river. It's been loved, used and abused.
After snapping it the first time, I sent it in and received it back a few weeks later. I fished it that week and I was super excited to have my baby back. I cast it for 5 minutes and looked down at the rod to make sure I was really holding my trusty deathstar. What had been a very lively, snappy, sweet stick, was now stiff and clunky. It seriously didn't seem like the same rod. Same reel (balance), same line, same everything. Very strange.
The second time it came back, it cast differently again. It was a little crisper, a bit less clunky, but not nearly the same as it had been originally. Again, not the same rod.
If I break it again, I'm expecting to get back a limp noodle.
Has anybody else had a similar experience? Could it be that they're using updated graphite to build the new sections? I'm sure the mandrel hasn't changed. Is blank rolling such an insane process, that it's hard to keep them consistent?
thanks
Anyway, here's the story. I bought a TCX 7126 back in 2010 when they were fairly new and the hot new rod on the market. I have always loved the rod and it probably has more hours on it than any other.
I've snapped it three times, all due to my own ass-i-nine-ness. Once on the rood of my SUV, once when and intruder took of the tip and once when it got wrapped in a tree while I was floating down a small costal river. It's been loved, used and abused.
After snapping it the first time, I sent it in and received it back a few weeks later. I fished it that week and I was super excited to have my baby back. I cast it for 5 minutes and looked down at the rod to make sure I was really holding my trusty deathstar. What had been a very lively, snappy, sweet stick, was now stiff and clunky. It seriously didn't seem like the same rod. Same reel (balance), same line, same everything. Very strange.
The second time it came back, it cast differently again. It was a little crisper, a bit less clunky, but not nearly the same as it had been originally. Again, not the same rod.
If I break it again, I'm expecting to get back a limp noodle.
Has anybody else had a similar experience? Could it be that they're using updated graphite to build the new sections? I'm sure the mandrel hasn't changed. Is blank rolling such an insane process, that it's hard to keep them consistent?
thanks