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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: allwaysfishin on September 11, 2007, 10:29:43 AM

Title: rod warranties and a HUGE thanx to TALON rods
Post by: allwaysfishin on September 11, 2007, 10:29:43 AM
For those of you who own talon rods.... you probably like them for the same reasons i do.... they are so damn tough, an awesome rod to fish.
I never thought it would happen but.... I had one of thier LT2 11 ft rods, built for salt water, just explode while out in nootka.... we did get the fish hehehe
I emailed Talon and got a prompt reply from Dwight in customer service. They simply asked me to send close up digi pics of the break along with my shipping info and they would have a new blank made and shipped to me.
2 weeks later.... to the day..... a new blank arrives.... no fees other than frieght

with quality rods such as these and with customer/warranty service like i have experienced I don't understand why more folks aren't buying and fishing these rods.
Title: Re: rod warranties and a HUGE thanx to TALON rods
Post by: gheart008 on September 11, 2007, 11:34:46 AM
with quality rods such as these and with customer/warranty service like i have experienced I don't understand why more folks aren't buying and fishing these rods.

Simple... some are cheapos  ;D
Title: Re: rod warranties and a HUGE thanx to TALON rods
Post by: dennisK on September 11, 2007, 11:34:59 AM
Good story.

Curious, any theory on why the blank exploded? a nick in the graphite? you bang it? 

Title: Re: rod warranties and a HUGE thanx to TALON rods
Post by: allwaysfishin on September 11, 2007, 11:47:54 AM
really not sure what happened... handed the rod off to a client.... minutes later.... pop!
the client had never fished on a boat before and had very little experience..... i think he clamped down on the reel way too hard and the rod gave out. broke a couple feet above the cork.