Very funny Eric,,, A couple times when I was doing some solo exploring, I did have some concerns about just that possibility. I did break a pole the other day. I was in my Kayak, fishing in the bay off Homer spit. The waves were rocking me back and forth while I was making my back cast with my 8weight fly rod. On the forward cast the three slit shot I had on the leader smacked into the upper rod section like a .22 cal bullet. Needless to say the rod did not survive the impact. Bummer,,,,,,,,,,,I think Dave dropped his fishing pole right before he got mauled.