Oddly enough, I've broken 2 and both were on casts.  I'd obviously damaged the rods previously and didn't realize it.   One was about 6" from the tip and the other was about midway on the rod.  Both were customs and one was a Phenix K2.  I've never seen a blank wall as thin as on the K2.  I will never buy another one for that reason.

One on a hookset, still landed the fish.

 

One on a snag about 20 feet up in a tree (don't ask).  Yanked once, broke the rod.  Pulled the line, broke the branch & it fell into the boat.

 

One on a ceiling fan on a houseboat.

 

One in a car door.  It broke just the tip & I still wanted to fish, so I snipped the rod (a spinning rod) down to the next guide.  Found that it changed the action of the rod slightly and the slightly shorter length worked well to skip Senko's under docks.  Continued to use ol' no-tip to catch about 30% of my bass last year, all of my other rods are soooooooo embarrassed.

Took an old rod outside and smacked it against a tree a few times after I bombed an exam lol

2 St Croix Avids. One trying to free myself from a snag, the other in a car door.

Stumbled and fell going from boat to dock and snapped the tip off of two st Croix's an rage and a mojo. Opened the rear compartment of the boat to try and jump the guys next to use and didn't realize the Rod was there St croix rage my Dropshot Rod the week before a tourney I was going to Dropshot in. Didn't go too well lol

Edit-a friend and I decided to see what abuse an ugly stick could really take a couple years back and ran it over with his car multiple times smacked it against a street sign about ten times for good measure and then proceeded to touch the tip to the handle. Cut all the guides off minus the top and bottom one and then went catfishing with it the next day the Rod is still in use as a trophy lol

Tight lines

Andrew

Three for me.

First one was a light spinning I broke being a nucklehead when just starting off. Got a lure stuck in a tree and tried to wip it out like I was using an ugly stick I was used to. First graphite rod gone.

Second was a fenwich small mouth mhf casting rod that I highsticked while trying to land my pb from a yak and she made a last run and it was all tears after that.

Third was done in transit some how and I went to pull it out of its rod glove and six inches of the tip was broken off. That was a lamiglas 702 spinning rod that I really liked. The first rod I broke in two years and I don't even know really how it happened.

I've broken several, most were my fault. I had a All Star flipping stick that blew up on the hookset one of the first times I used it, never seen a rod break in 4 places on a hookset like that. Had a Carrot Stick just fold in half while I was yo-yoing a trap, nothing but the resistance from the bait made it break.

 

I've broke at least 4 rods swinging fish in. Last summer I cut 2" off the tip of my St. Croix Legend Tournament light flipping rod with my buddies truck door 

Broke a couple shutting the rod box on them. Broke one setting the hook, can't remember if I got the fish in or not.

I have broken a few over the years. Almost all have been related to clumsiness or lack of attention. Just part of fishing IMO.

I broke one a few years back boat flipping a fish.. I don't flip fish up anymore, but lip then while they are in the water.

I have broken two. One many years ago. I set the hook and the rod snapped just above the reel.  The broken part slid down the line into the water. I reeled it back in with the fish. If I recall correctly it was a little bass. .

  The second was this summer. My Ugly Stick handle cracked. Don't know how. The replaced it.

Car doors, not enough slack while pulling on a snag, and tail gates. I think that about covers it.

two rods for me.  both times at the ramp pulling the kayak out, both times my fault.

Only broke one rod that I can remember. I had a big pike split the boat on me and it ended up snapping the rod in two. Still landed the fish though. 

Yep!!! Car door... brand new rod too didn't even get to use it yet. Then that's the only rod I brought so I had to go back home... awsome : (