Went to Shem to get some bait. Was hoping for a ray, just not THIS ray. Man, what a beast. 45 minute fight - was ripping line on an almost locked down Spinfisher 8500. Then of course, he sticks to the bottom at the floating dock. Reached over to grab the line, well because my arms were jello at this point, and the tip of my Shimano Trevala snapped off.
sigh
At least I have a warranty.
Shimano is good about replacement. Broke one 2yrs ago, mailed it to them had a replacement in a week. No questions asked and I did not have a receipt.
A trick with stingrays that are “stuck to the bottom” is to get the line as tight as you can and the start strumming it like a guitar string, the vibrations spook the ray and it usually comes up.
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I strummed on that line so many times with no luck. I think the ray thought I was playing him a tune or something.
Word on the street is that Shimano is doing away with the lifetime warranty deal for fishing rods.
As my Trevalas start to get phased out, I’m going to be phasing in Star Paraflexes. Great rods, a little pricier but tough as hell. Plus Haddrell’s always treats people right with the Star rod warranty.
Froget the strummin’, give them a slack line and they will start swimming again. If they stick again, give them slack. Works in the surf. 
Star paraflex us a much better rod. But any rod will break if you high stick it lol just saying
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Originally posted by FishingDuoStar paraflex us a much better rod. But any rod will break if you high stick it lol just saying
Yeah next time get that left hand up next to the first eye. Then maybe you can break it in half. 
“If it were catching, Everyone would be good at it.”
Happens, at least better happen to a rod under the 1 year warranty than a 500$ custom 
I high stick the **** out of the custom jigger I build, haven’t broken it yet! Jiggers are intended to handle stupid high angles. So I disagree that any blank will break on high stick, that rod should not have broke, either its a factory defect, or it shouldn’t be rated as a 100# jigger. I did duck and cringe the first time I sturmed a ray off the bottom with it though…
~Russ
The trevala is a low end jigging rod. Blank is not much different from other cheaper jigging rods. It may say it’s rated for 100+ but I promise that rod is not capable. You get what you pay for. I have seen custom rods bend down to the reel seat and hold true even when high sticker against insane amount of drag, but those rods are well over 400-500$ range
Sending it back for replacement today to Shimano. Yea - it was only 100 bucks or so, so not a high end rod by any means.