Jr23


You are correct graphite rods are desicned to fight a fish in the butt of the rod not the tip hokding the rod low allows the rod to bend evenly and thereby distribute the stress throughout the blank. Holding the rod high even when setting the hook!!!! puts all the stress on the tip section of the rod.

I have broken lots and lots of rods in my life of all different brands and styles but i have never ever broken a steelhead or salmonrod on a fish or a snag . The only way to do so is to put too much pressure on the rod.
a rod broken on a snag or a fish is angler error 99.99999999999% of the time..