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One thing you "could" consider, would be to thread a piece of braid through the rod, then tie a duo-lock snap or small swivel on the end of the braid ... then use snelled hooks or tie your own leaders with a loop knot on the end. You wouldn't need a main line replacement for MANY years, and a 100yd spool of mono would keep you in leader lines for many years, too. The mono line should be a few pounds test lighter than the braid, so that IT would break off when snagged, rather than the main line braid.
I've never had a "line thru the blank" rod, but used collapsible 10 & 12ft rods back in the 1970's for fishing the submerged bushes along the banks of Lake Barkley & Ky Lake, for spawning Crappie. I used 17lb test Cortland braid & tied 8lb test mono leaders (w/hook & sinker). Though they haven't been used since then, the rods are still in good shape & the braid is still strong as ever. In fact, I used the rest of the spool of Cortland braid on a Bass "worm rod" well into the 1980's ... before buying "black lights" & fluorescent mono.
I even use braid (PowerPro 10/2 hi-vis) on one of my jig casting rods, and a couple of my 14' spider rig rods have braid on them & I pre-rig my jigs on leaders for the long rods. I tie my jigs, on the casting rod, straight to the braid ... and catch fish on them all.
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