Recently i took one of my lamiglas rods back to there shop in woodland, i explainded to the man how the rod broke, he said where were you holding your rod? i said right out in front of me. He then began telling me how it was my fault be cause i have put numerous amounts of stress on the rod while landing fish with the rod above my head. the funny thing is that want where the rod even broke right at the handle, and two at no point did i ever say anything about the rod being over my head.and even if it was over(which it wasnt) my head wouldnt the tip brake off not the strongest part of the rod. so that brings me to the question when are the fisherman not at fault? from what they told me the rods never brake.only the fisherman brake them.

I bet he also asked you how you set the hook. Then gave you a long lecture on how to properlly set a hook. I guess this sort of bothered me a bit, but we all have our off days so I wrote it off too one of us PMSing that day. Mine broke right at the reel seat below the cork. Finally once he found out I wasn't some beek trying to dead lift a fridge out of the river he finally said that any rod can break or have a defect. That I will buy because any rod can have a defect that gets missed in production. I still had no problem exchanging the rod, a little lecture aside, no problem.

MJ

Hey Okieboy,
Did they exchange your rod?
My son broke his Lamiglass rod ( tip section ) a few weeks ago and I might be headed down that way this weekend so thought I'd stop by and see if they will exchange his.

yah he finally gave me a new rod after about a 15 min of lectruting. and then he said to me i am lucky to be gettin a new rod because it was my fault.

Wow! A Lamiglas that breaks? Big surprise!

I used to work for a sporting goods store and we used to laugh everytime someone purchased a 1000 series rod. "Oh yeah! He'll be back." We always tried to steer customers towards different brands after Lamiglas changed their return policy. It used to be you could take the broken rod in one hand and give them a new one with the other, no questions asked. Obviously that was too expensive because the rods do break.

I suggest investing in a company that honors their warranty- G Loomis would be my first choice, but a buddy of mine has also had excellent service from Rainshadow and TH.

Good luck!

Warranties are tough on everyone..
We feel we have a pretty fair warranty for both parties.
If you break the rod (slam it in a door or fall on it, we charge a small fee and you get it replaced usually within a few weeks.. due to shipping time (we put all warranties #1 on the list !)
If the rod breaks to defect, then the blank is repaced for free and all you are out is a small shipping fee to us.
The tough issues are the misuse type issues..
is fisihing 15# Firelline on a 1084 rated for #12 line misuse?
or casting a #6 Bluefox that weighs 1+ oz. with a 1141 rated for 3/8 oz lure weight misuse?

These are the tougher underlining issues that we face every month...
blanks these days are designed very specifically to be fished in a very specific way with a very specific weight/line weight rating.
When we design a new blank (say the 1081 9' 4-8# )
it is designed to be a doggin" rod usually out of a sled or DB on a river.. but its great to cast small spoons w/ as well.. since it's slow action laods up so well.. but that rod is designed to load up a small amount of lead.. if the user throws too much it might snap above the handle kit... do I still throw 3/4oz Dick Nite spoons with it.. yes.. but do I know that if it breaks it's my fault.. yes I do.. to me its worth the risk.. but I also expect to pay for the replacemnet it it breaks..

Just my $.01

You should always buy a rod that has a warranty... that's just good business.

we sell some blanks that dont carry a factory warranty, but we offer a warranty through TH Rods.