sounds like you have some inside info you want to share:rolleyes:

Buddy had one for two days.
Day one good.
Day two, second keeper red of the day........POOF!

i used it all fall and all this winter. prolly had over 10 limits of reds some of which were 26" range. i love my skeet lol. i do have one issue. right above the threads of the reel seat where the blank goes through it shifts a little. i just kept on crushn em and she never broke. when she does ill return it. ive gone through 4 american rodsmiths though.