Oh shoot, you have to go back to Longview Academy to return it?

If that old blonde hair hag is at the door turn around and go back later. I gave up on that store moons ago....apparently they follow corporate rules to a T....they won't budge either like other TFF say their local store does.

I am still waiting on the deer feeder they had on sale last week for $99. $100 off. They never had them in stock, no one knows when they will come in, I have called and even been told..."oh yeah we got them here!" only to find out...I know more than they do about what they have and don't have. I got my sales flyer signed and plan on getting my feeder....may be after deer season....but by golly they are going to honor my ad! Sorry for my rant....I keep telling myself to not go back in there....but when you are limited options, you filter back in there to try again.

I will send you a PM and let's go sometime!

and after it happened I didn't know the extent and the break wasn't near as bad looking. I attempted a cast and it folded back up. After that I bent the rod again to see the extent of the damage.

right after the initial break i couldnt even tell. I just heard it.

ANY academy will replace it ... FREE...without receipt...

All rods break every single one of them hahaha. I build my own rods ,and I am my own warranty. Keep your rods out of the rod boxes will also help contribute to bruises.

the sad part is i REALLY liked that rod.

never put in in a rod box. my box only fits rods up to 7'.

get it replaced, easy as that... it was stepped on.

Where that rod broke is the absolute toughest part of the rod blank. It's like breaking your femur! Toughest bone in the body. I would guess this rod was stepped on at some point. It takes tremendous force to break a rod blank in that spot

Did your arm bruise heal up? Looks like a pretty serious injury....

did you or someone else maybe step on it?

thats why i was so bamboozled when it happened and asked. ive never broken a rod before, let alone how it was broken.

i know beyond a shadow of a doubt since i have owned that rod it was never abused in any way, shape, or form. always in my possession. NEVER stepped on.

bruise is still there. battle wounds!!!

i feel like $150 dollars is down the drain by no mistake on my end. like mr z520 cranker said its the toughest part of the blank so i took to the web to find more people who could shed some light on the situation.

Thats funny

A little trick: I take a quick cellphone pic of all of my high dollar purchases. Make sure you get the receipt number and date in the frame. A copy of the receipt can be made with this info.

academy wouldnt return the rod.

talked with the guys at falcon and need to ship them the rod. i took the rod to ups and the total was 48.11 to ship it to oklahoma. cant see where i want to put more money into this rod for them to come back and inform me there was a fault on my end and charge me $52 for a replacement.

needless to say i will no longer be purchasing falcon rods, and definitely not purchase a rod from academy ever again.

I have broken a lot of rods over the years, only a couple I could 100% say it was a defect and I in no way could have possibly contributed to the break. Most of the time at some point I had done something that compromised the blank and over time they broke.

Most of the rod manufacturers I have dealt with are easy to deal with if you are honest with them.

A lot of the times I just replace the rod and move along...

academy just take it back and get a new one, you don't need a receipt.