"You can fix some of the broken rods all of the time but you cannot fix all of the broken rods some of the time...." - uknown
Breaking your favorite rod is never a good thing. Many times you can get it back in service with a little creativity and patience. Always a compromise and it'll never be the same rod in some ways but often it will be perfectly serviceable and have yet another story to tell.
Faded pink
A husband brought me this rod and allowed that it was a fairly low quality rod but his wife really liked it and it broke, which she didn't like. Using a hollow interior stent spanning the break plus a good distance either side with an external stent, much shorter to bond the broken ends, followed by some colors pertinent to the tone of the rod and it's as strong as it ever was. He seemed happy and I hope she was as well.