Due to the nature of my fishing, I frequently lift my catch with a rod. With that said, if I could avoid "boat flipping", I would. All the JDM rods I currently fish have carbon content 99% or greater. They are not as fragile as they look, but it is difficult to know their limits. You can see numerous videos from Japan where anglers lift their fish up onto the rocks. Big fish, large seabass, sea bream, small tuna. But they do it in a smart way, making sure the angle is never too sharp.
Sometimes, I have to lift fairly large fish at a fairly sharp angle. I've done that successfully several times, but with JDM rods that are robust, to my knowledge. Graphites are all different, rods on T1100G and M40X blanks can take a VERY serious beating. When I fish large rocky jetties and rocks points, where access to water is a couple of yards out and the rocky structure continues for a few more yards underwater, I cannot dream bringing up even a moderately sized catch. In those cases I use net with a long telescopic handle, such as this one: LANDING GEAR ランディングギア alphatackle.com