For the kind of fishing I do, float fishing from the bank, in my opinion, no blank is stronger than the ones made by Sage. I fish a 3106 that is unbreakable. The price on these rods is dumb though. I also fish a gl3 that has held up so far. Up here,the general thought on Loomis regarding breakage is "it's not a matter of if, but when". Just a thought.