LF: Suggestions please

["Steve Thompson" <steve@eltac.co.uk>]

My aerial experiments have come to a halt. I was using a lightweight fishing 
rod (fishing people call them whips) to support a vertical wire. The rod is 
neat cosmetically and easy to handle. I had it fixed using a small wall 
bracket sold for holding TV aerial poles. In the recent high winds, the rod 
has snapped off at the bracket, clearly not up to the bending strain so I 
need something a bit tougher, perhaps fibreglass - any suggestions on 
products and sources would be most welcome.
Thanks

Steve