Mason bees set up shop inside the ferrule of my pole during the summer. (Unbeknownst to me) I put the pole halves together thinking that it had bottomed out. but it was only about 1" into the ferrule. Fifteen minutes into opening day on the Carbon, I hang up on a rock, give it a fair tug and BANG! Broke at the joint.
But the story ends happily. My father-in-law hears about my plight and buys me a new Lami as an early Christmas present.