I own three of the Blair Wiggins signature series flats blue s-curve technology rods and the 8.0 ft rod broke the second day I used it and the 7.9 ft rod broke last week while trying to land a ten pound Red Snapper (fish was weighed after we pulled it up by hand through the last eye of the shattered rod. I have sent them all back for a full refund including the unbroken 7.2 rod because I have no confidence in the twig they call a rod! I will never by another Wright McGill product as long as I live!