Hey all. So the other day my shimano cumara broke out of the blue. I was synching a knot to my lure and suddenly 8 inches of the tip snapped off... And this rod was a replacement to a previous cumara that had the same exact thing happen to it... The tip is sooo fragile... Its an amazing rod, and its tip wont break on a fish, its strong but fragile... It happens to break when i synch a knot or if i get a slight tick in the rod. I think i might need to move onto a different rod. Im going to have it replaced again for free so i will have another cumara but i still feel like i need a stronger rod still with extra fast action.

Any suggestions?

You must have a lot of tension on the rod when you're tying your knot, I don't understand how it snaps when your synching a knot apposed to setting the hook.

Any suggestions?

Yah...stop using the rod as a pivot to tighten down a knot.

 

Why on earth are you bending the rod at the tip when tightening down a knot......

 

fishing rods aren't made of adamantium. Take care of your stuff and use your head.

Pulling the line down close to the rod bends that tip right over. There's nothing inherently wrong with the rod model.

I have 6 Cumaras, 2 first gen 4 As, and have never broken one. I think your issue is user error.

I would go with user error as well. When you get another cumara, pm me, id definitely be interested

I have 4 previous generation cumara rods and never had a tip breakage issue.