I had two break on me a couple of years ago. This was after a 20 year hiatus from broken rods. Up to the two fly rods the previous break was caused by having a surf rod crunched by a car trunk lid.

The two flyrods.. one broke in 2000 and the other in 2001. I suspect the original problem was a hook hit or a beadhead hit. One broke sitting in the boat and the other snapped off while I was stringing line thru it. Both flyrods were replaced by Sage.