OTI Rods Breaking - Page 2

Uncle Russ · 05-13-2008, 06:34 PM

Here's the way I look at rods breaking for what it's worth: the damned things have to be designed to be (1) light enough to use all day long, (2) limber enough to cast a lure or work a jig, (3) with a firm enough butt to fight a large fish, (4) economical enough so that an uneducated, non-elite middle American like me, who clings to his God and his guns can afford to buy them, and oh, yes: (5) strong enough to stand up to heavy drag and sudden surges without snapping in half. I'm not sure there is any product outside of what astronauts fly in, that has to meet so many contradictory design criteria. Add to that the fact that theoretical experts like me turn to jelly when they get a big fish on, screaming like an express train, and start high sticking at the wrong time, and: rods are going to break and components are going to come loose. All you can ask for is a good guarantee, which you normally get when you pay 5 or 6 hundred dollars for one, but not in rods with great price points like the OTI line...oh wait!

I read somewhere (maybe here) a year or so ago that Loomis once said: "I could make you a rod that wouldn't break---but you wouldn't want to fish with it."

Russ

jt2hunt · 05-13-2008, 06:38 PM

One great thing about OTI is they stand behind their products. I have yet to hear about someone not getting service on a problem. I have only heard about great and rapid service.

njnicka · 05-13-2008, 07:31 PM

No Rod is unbreakable unless you like fishing with a telephone pole!! Rods or components are going to break, what sets them aside from everyone else is customer service....

That being said,

OTI Has EXCELLENT Customer Service.

Savage Rods · 05-13-2008, 07:46 PM

No such thing as an unbreakable rod. Unfortunately, we cannot use steel as a blank, something will happen to any given rod. I am sure TJ will take care of you. I've never know OTI to take care of something. Don

gman · 05-13-2008, 08:03 PM

Rods will break however it is important to understand why they are breaking in the same area regardless of the reason they will stand behind it

Uncle Russ · 05-13-2008, 08:30 PM

Actually, you can use steel. My first rod in the early fifties was a solid steel casting rod and a green reel--Ronson, I think.

Russ

Snagged · 05-13-2008, 08:57 PM

So was mine Russ and I've still got the reel someplace.

Tunahunter · 05-13-2008, 09:09 PM

i had a little problem with a oti product. they took care of it, great customer service, thanks again ragman

bigfishjaeck · 05-19-2008, 09:46 PM

Just got my OTI 6' jigging rod last week. A 300+ Tiger shark ate a tuna and got snagged with the hook.... The rod took a lot of load... The hooked (7/0 Hoodlum) was the weak link (bent it open). Had it on a 20k Stella w/ 65lbs Spectra. The rod caught a few Blackfins and Blackjacks and a 120# reef shark that day.

No complaints with this rod...

05-13-2008, 06:34 PM	#11 (permalink)
Uncle Russ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,114	Here's the way I look at rods breaking for what it's worth: the damned things have to be designed to be (1) light enough to use all day long, (2) limber enough to cast a lure or work a jig, (3) with a firm enough butt to fight a large fish, (4) economical enough so that an uneducated, non-elite middle American like me, who clings to his God and his guns can afford to buy them, and oh, yes: (5) strong enough to stand up to heavy drag and sudden surges without snapping in half. I'm not sure there is any product outside of what astronauts fly in, that has to meet so many contradictory design criteria. Add to that the fact that theoretical experts like me turn to jelly when they get a big fish on, screaming like an express train, and start high sticking at the wrong time, and: rods are going to break and components are going to come loose. All you can ask for is a good guarantee, which you normally get when you pay 5 or 6 hundred dollars for one, but not in rods with great price points like the OTI line...oh wait! I read somewhere (maybe here) a year or so ago that Loomis once said: "I could make you a rod that wouldn't break---but you wouldn't want to fish with it." Russ __________________ "Tschirhart: Helluva deal. You bait the hooks--I catch the fish!--Grimm."

05-13-2008, 07:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
Savage Rods Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 31	No such thing as an unbreakable rod. Unfortunately, we cannot use steel as a blank, something will happen to any given rod. I am sure TJ will take care of you. I've never know OTI to take care of something. Don __________________ Savage Rods 832-971-3050 High Performance Offshore Rods

05-13-2008, 08:03 PM	#15 (permalink)
gman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,069	Rods will break however it is important to understand why they are breaking in the same area regardless of the reason they will stand behind it Last edited by gman : 05-13-2008 at 08:06 PM.

05-13-2008, 08:30 PM	#16 (permalink)
Uncle Russ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,114	Actually, you can use steel. My first rod in the early fifties was a solid steel casting rod and a green reel--Ronson, I think. Russ __________________ "Tschirhart: Helluva deal. You bait the hooks--I catch the fish!--Grimm."

05-13-2008, 08:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
Snagged Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,047	So was mine Russ and I've still got the reel someplace. __________________ Jerry Uh oh, Snagged again!

05-13-2008, 06:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
jt2hunt Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 262	One great thing about OTI is they stand behind their products. I have yet to hear about someone not getting service on a problem. I have only heard about great and rapid service.

05-13-2008, 07:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
njnicka Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 87	No Rod is unbreakable unless you like fishing with a telephone pole!! Rods or components are going to break, what sets them aside from everyone else is customer service.... That being said, OTI Has EXCELLENT Customer Service.

05-13-2008, 09:09 PM	#18 (permalink)
Tunahunter Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 32	i had a little problem with a oti product. they took care of it, great customer service, thanks again ragman

05-19-2008, 09:46 PM	#19 (permalink)
bigfishjaeck Junior member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 14	Just got my OTI 6' jigging rod last week. A 300+ Tiger shark ate a tuna and got snagged with the hook.... The rod took a lot of load... The hooked (7/0 Hoodlum) was the weak link (bent it open). Had it on a 20k Stella w/ 65lbs Spectra. The rod caught a few Blackfins and Blackjacks and a 120# reef shark that day. No complaints with this rod...

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