Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

Out fishing at the entrance on a friends boat and hook up a decent fish on a rod I bought other week as it was cheap, a 2-4kg okuma flame with a Abu Soron stx20 with 8lb braid. Well here I sit with this rod in 2 pieces and still fishing using my trusty pflueger patriarch xtr.

Well tomorrow I go back to tackle shop to complain about rubbish product.

Will try put up photo of it soon.

Slow fishing, just Bream and whiting but some good laughs.

Posted

Didn't you just try to sell me that rod? :074:

Hmmmm ... XTR ... next on my shopping list! :biggrin2:

Where's ya photos? :tease:

Cheers

Skip

Posted

The xtr is bloody awesome Skip, I cannot rave about it enough. I think I need the range of them.

To dark for photos haha.

Can't believe I broke my other rod but then again it wasn't a pflueger patriarch xtr haha.

Posted

It probably was a dud or copped a good hit in transition somewhere which weakened it considerably.

I'm sure your tackle store will only be to happy to replace it, okuma is a reputable brand.

Posted

Well here's the photo of where it snapped.

I took it back this morning and they said they'll call me within 2 weeks when the "rep" comes in, we'll see how good the warranty is on their faulty product.

Below is the photo Hodgey haha.

post-10101-022928100 1312247145_thumb.jpg

Posted

Here's a photo showing both ends when it broke, where i've circled you'll see it's a lot lighter and this is where it bent and broke. To me that's a poor quality blank and cheap finish, it shouldn't break there that low, the line should have snapped before the rod :ranting2:. I'll never buy that brand again, stick to my faithful Pflueger & Berkley rods when it comes to graphite. A collection of Pflueger Patriarch XTR rods it'll have to be and matched with Patriarch and Soron reels :thumbup:

post-10101-029372200 1312254772_thumb.jpg

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Well here's the photo of where it snapped.

I took it back this morning and they said they'll call me within 2 weeks when the "rep" comes in, we'll see how good the warranty is on their faulty product.

Below is the photo Hodgey haha.

post-10101-022928100 1312247145_thumb.jpg

Hi any reply from the rep about your broken rod yet ?

Okuma after sale service, by us in South Africa not to good.

Posted

No reply yet, I called late last week and was told "he still hasn't come in yet".

I will call again tomorrow and see how it's going, losing patience though.

Posted

No reply yet, I called late last week and was told "he still hasn't come in yet".

I will call again tomorrow and see how it's going, losing patience though.

You'll get there eventually, unfortunately it's a matter no one wants to have to deal with... Keep pushing on.

Posted

Well after nearly 3 weeks i've finally got a new rod, they gave me a credit and could either have same rod or pick new one and make up difference, well I chose the latter. Ended up with a Diawa rod in 2-4kg, though it feels like a 1-3kg.

Will see how it goes, feels pretty good, just need to blood it and see how it stands up against the Pflueger Patriarch XTR rods :biggrin2:

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...