1. Bought my first rod at the Pawn shop.

2. Took that rod out to the Elwah, third cast, hit a big boulder behind me and wondered what that black thing flying in the air was...the other half of my rod.

3. Bought a new rod at Wal-mart, lol....AND

4. Took it out the the Elwah and got hung up, pulled on it harrrd and SNAP! Broke that one.

5. 2 Days later, bought a new 9' rod on sale at Swain's...took it to the Duc, few casts caught a nice fish. Right after landing that fish I was so excited I just casted without paying attention and hit a branch above me and broke that rod.