The first time I broke a rod (rods) I was pulling plugs about ten years ago and let another inexperienced person in the boat work the tiller while I was tying some gear up. I have an upright rod rack in the sled and he turned the tiller the wrong way into a heavy current. We ended up next to the bank under some trees shattering three custom made loomis rods.
The next time was on the Toutle river about four years ago I laid my rod on the rocks to unhook a fish and the fish flopped on the rod breaking the tip(custom made Lamiglas)
The last time was last month on the Chehelis while trying to get a large silver into the net to much pressure at the last second trying to get his head in the net and snap.
RAMPRAT