Acadia RMS-662-MH Field Test dipper69_2000

[dipper69_2000]

the new rod rms-662-mh failed in a real bad way. straight out of the box looked good felt good (alittle tight and stiff all the way threw),but the handle hit me good in the forearm like i like for fighting fish.the reel seat fit the the shimano sedona 2000fa. wich by the way i have over abused for years by spooling with 12#test and hogging many fish over 8-15# in heavy current on. it is rated for 100 yard of 10#test a small reel for for this rod. like i mentioned before had a small problem right out of the box with the meatal ring on top of the reel seat. i do have pics of that and the after math of the rod after the first five minutes of use. the rod EXPLODED four to five inches of rod gone atleast on the hook set of a 1n1/2# freshwater drum.right in the center of the rod where the 2 pcs. come toghether(one reason i have always been against 2pc rods)besides sensitivety.we will get the pics posted of the problems and the fish that caused them.sorry again lee.was looking forward to a long test review.this in no way will reflect on my further thoughts of purchasing your products.as anyone that has the :confused0056: ta put it on the line with real fishermen and women like acadia has,has ALL MY RESPECT.may not seem like much to many people but word gets out and you at acadia have nothing but my best.keep up the good work and looking forward to helping out again if asked.

[Fishaholic]

wow thats too bad mark, hate to hear that!!!

[dipper69_2000]

well that is the reason we have them first. would be real bad to have paid for one and had it do that.which by the way i have done nothing worse than buying a new rod n reel for a fishing trip and have it break on the first fish.with the closest place to buy a new one with out getting soaked is 2 hours away lol

[Timotha7]

One good thing bout the Acadia, is that if it did happen to ya they would replace it with no questions asked soon as you let them know about it

Looking at the initial second go around with these rods am hoping that what happened here was "one of those things"

Will know more when the rest of the testers start hammering on them rods

Tim

[dipper69_2000]

well had a well thought out even typed out reply but lost it so here is the short version.you r absolutly right tim.never can tell buy a new truck and get the only one off the line with hiccups.this is not the only rod i have had that broke on the first hook set.one that stands out cost me plenty in lost time on the water and extra time on the road because i refused to pay the price at a convient "baitshop" drove over an hour to buy a replacement then fought to get the broken one replaced:confused0068:. candy swears she will down load pics for me in the a.m. we (she) has been real busy with the kids leaving for college this weekend. the tourney coming up for my uncle and all. promise we will get pics up.

[dipper69_2000]

Here are the pics pics of the fish and the rod where it broke and where the ring was not connected hope this helps everyone to see what happened sorry it took so long I tried to edit for Mark but couldnt figure it out 1st and 2nd pic is where the pole shattered after the set of the hook 3rd and 4th is where the ring was not connected 5th is the fish 6th is to go with 1 and 2 sorry guys not in order MSDIPPER

[troutrageous1]

That looks almost identical to what happened to the first rod I tested - the 6' MH 1 Piece. In addition to the breakage, I had the same issue with that ring coming dislodged.

[heath19]

Its a bummer that it happened to atleast marks rod so far but that is why we are testing them right? Only one way to work the kinks out of these rods and make them as good as their potential is to test them and break whatever possible! Thanks for the pics and post.

[dipper69_2000]

not the best pics but we r learning and i think all can get an idea of what i am trying to show.

[ho_shi]

that very same thing happened to me this morning with one of my P series rods!!!! no fish tho threw 5 times with a buzz bait on the 5th time it broke for no apperant reason. Emailed Customer Support this morning from work, still waitin on a reply