I have broken 2 Lamiglas rods, (1) a Herzog BC setting the hook on what I thought was a fish and turned out to be a mess of line and corkies. On the set the rod BLEW UP at the cork and about 6" down from the tip. (2) OUCH, I was using my Lami Titanium for Springers and it BLEW UP right where the Titanium ends and the Graphite begins and about 6" from the tip. I set the hook on a Springer and caboom it was over, my son held what was left of the rod and I played the fish from the butt section for a few minutes than the leader broke.

On the funny side I saw a guide a few years back take his drift boat out on a rough ramp on the Bogy, he forgot to secure his anchor and the trailer hit a rut and the anchor swung up and around 4 Loomis Rods, needless to say all 4 rods had broken tip sections. He blew it off and said get new ones from Loomis which I am sure he did.