Ugh.

 

I guess I'm gonna find out if Lew's customer service is really as good as I've so often heard.

 

Ouch! Good luck.

1 hour ago, BrianMDTX said:

Ouch! Good luck.

I can't imagine they'll warranty it. Wasn't anything wrong with the rod itself until I accidentally broke it.

Oof, that's a bad break, how'd that happen?

1 minute ago, wisconsin heat said:

Oof, that's a bad break, how'd that happen?

Whacked it with a crankbait, near as I can tell. Drew back to cast with it sitting behind me, and I heard a crack, then I had no crankbait (as it went sailing) and a broken rod behind me.

2 minutes ago, BaitFinesse said:

Or a high stick that damaged the bank and next time it was loaded up on a cast it failed.

 

Hadn't even had a chance to cast with it today. I try to be careful with my stuff, but between loading and unloading into the car, carrying it into and out of the house, bank fishing, and all the associated stuff there is ample opportunity for me to damage a rod tip. I'm probably lucky this is the first time it's happened.

1 hour ago, galyonj said:

I can't imagine they'll warranty it. Wasn't anything wrong with the rod itself until I accidentally broke it.

So chalk it up. No bad karma.

If warranty doesn't cover it, it can be fixed.  It will lose very little of its characteristics, will get slightly heavier and therefore a little slower reacting, but it will be very fishable.  Some will argue that the fixed rod will be awful, but if the repair is done right, the rod will fish very well.  

 

https://www.rodbuilding.org/library/repair-oquinn.html

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

So chalk it up. No bad karma.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. I'm...mostly over being mad at myself by now.

 

It happens.

Just now, MickD said:

If warranty doesn't cover it, it can be fixed.  It will lose very little of its characteristics, will get slightly heavier and therefore a little slower reacting, but it will be very fishable.  Some will argue that the fixed rod will be awful, but if the repair is done right, the rod will fish very well.  

 

https://www.rodbuilding.org/library/repair-oquinn.html

Been thinking about exactly that. A little shorter, a little heavier after repair isn't the end of the world for me. I hate the though of chucking an otherwise good blank if all it needs is a new guide at the tip or something.

Read the process, it's not just putting a new tiptop on. That will result in an unusable rod.  This fix is nothing like that.  I don't think you read it before your "little shorter" comment.  It won't be a little shorter.