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« Topic Start: December 07, 2011, 02:49:44 PM »
Went out yesterday to a not so local river. Got into some Winter Steelies. Anyways, I love my Rainshadow but I have had a few snap already... No abuse just randomly break. Anyone else having that problem?
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« Reply #1: December 07, 2011, 04:03:44 PM »
Nice fish. We have 3 rainshadows in our household and haven't had any issues so far
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« Reply #2: December 07, 2011, 06:03:34 PM »
I have 5 and they all fish great.
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« Reply #3: December 08, 2011, 07:19:13 AM »
Have you called them about that? I build on and fish Batson gear, and have not had a problem, even when bringing up the accidental halibut jigging for kings. Out of curiosity what was the model number? I'm probably going to swing over there tonight after work.
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« Reply #4: December 08, 2011, 11:42:30 AM »
I have had the XST1143 & XST1243 both snap with fish on the other line... Here is another pic..
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« Reply #5: December 08, 2011, 12:02:22 PM »
Ryan,

Are you using Braid on your reels when the rods snapped?

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« Reply #6: December 09, 2011, 10:27:39 AM »
No braid and drag obviously set appropriately with 10 or 12 # CXX
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« Reply #7: December 11, 2011, 06:19:52 PM »
Extremely odd. Huh Especially since in the photo your rod appears to be well taken care of...meaning still looks brand new.

Have you talked to Karry or anyone else at Batson in regards to the repeat failures?

Out of the couple hundred Rainshadow/Forecast rods I've built, only 12 have seen misfortune. Broken 6 personally (all my fault in non-fishing situations), and repaired an additional 6 for customers.

Sorry to hear your experience hasn't been similar.
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