I say failure because I don’t think I did anything wrong that caused it to break .
It’s an Abu Garcia Mass Beat III travel rod that broke in the second section from the tip. Broke where the tip of the third section reaches when it’s fully inserted .
I was threading line through the guides and had just finish .
It snapped as I pulled the line taught with a slight bend in it . Something I’ve done thousands of times to all of my rods .
I had purchased extra rods when they were at their lowest price to use for replacement parts . So I was prepared.
I didn’t expect the second section to be the one that would fail first . I thought the tip would be the first to go .
Oh well , things happen

When I have time , I’ll look through some old rods and see if I have the correct diameter I can cut out to use for a patch to epoxy inside the section .