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Kaibatsu Broken on GT

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Andy Rowe:

--- Quote from: sachin chaudhry on December 18, 2009, 07:47:58 PM ---Look like the same place as where my mate broke his. He will be back in town on tomorrow so I will have a look.
You expect the top section to go and I have loaded up a DM so wickedly in the past and it has held.
GT fishing I guess.

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Aiii ;)

Sami Ghandour:
there is no rod in the market that doesn't break,
rods has a life time just like any other things that we buy,
from what i saw i don't believe that the problem is from the rod or high sticking,
i am a big fan of Daiwa but from my experience i believe that at the time that the fish decided to take off the drag didn't give,
the dogfight tend to be a bit sticky on the drag side, if you change to carbonex you will feel a bit safer,

Jon Li:

--- Quote from: Andy Rowe on December 18, 2009, 10:36:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: sachin chaudhry on December 18, 2009, 07:47:58 PM ---Look like the same place as where my mate broke his. He will be back in town on tomorrow so I will have a look.
You expect the top section to go and I have loaded up a DM so wickedly in the past and it has held.
GT fishing I guess.

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Aiii ;)

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Hi Andrew ,

The three rods in this thread broke at around about the same area , in my opinion the blanks from which the handles are made isn't up to the task and it's the weakest point of those rods , hence the breakage .

Jon .

Andy Rowe:
Hi Jon / Sami,

It looks like there is a week point there, though to be fair the WV80XH appears to have an issue with the top part of the handle splitting, a different stress point though???

That Dogfight certainly had c-tex drag washers installed. I know the drag was locked down pretty good and I think Sami's analysis is fairly spot on. I think a big head turn and and the drag sticking did it.

I've used both rods, just my 2 cent but i think in extreme situations where drags are near locked the kaibatsu has too much handle for the rod and the WV too much rod for the handle. Though under normal conditions both rods are great.

GT fishing certainly finds the week points in all equipment eventually.

Luke Wyrsta:
I think you summed it up well Andy and Sami.

Most certainly a butt join design issue in both the Shimano & Carpenter. Understandably, two pieces exherting pressure on the other - the weakness is found with high drag pressure.

Collateral damage in the quest for GT. Such experiences keep us searching for GT - we wouldn't have the respect we do if this mighty fish couldn't break an anglers will or push gear to the point of failure.

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