Chapter 406: Chapter 245: Mending the Fold After Losing the Sheep and the Art of Swinging the Rod to Let the Fish Slip Away
Hearing Zhang Yang talk fluently from start to finish, detailedly describing the whole process of the rod breaking and snapping, Han Qiang reflexively scratched his head.
When the rod fell into the water earlier, the position his left hand was holding was indeed quite high, which makes holding the rod easier.
Usually, when controlling fish it’s always done like this without major issues, but luck wasn’t good today, faced a challenge, and at the critical moment, things fell apart.
"Uh, I did hold the rod a bit high with my left hand earlier!"
Han Qiang admitted frankly without making any excuses for himself.
Zhang Yang comforted him with a smile and said, "If it snapped, it snapped!
We didn’t mean to slander any company anyway, and besides, the rods we use are unlabeled raw material rods, which won’t negatively affect actual market sales or brand promotion!
Don’t feel regretful, just think about how to stabilize the fish activity in the spot and catch another one!
Look, the big fish has dragged the whole fishing setup and the rod tip to the center of the reservoir!"
While speaking, Zhang Yang specifically pointed to the central far point of the reservoir.
Wow, the thick-stemmed bobber is exposed on the surface, and is huffing and puffing towards the depths.
Han Qiang nodded, didn’t argue with Zhang Yang this time, without needing a reminder, he obediently took out a reel-style escape rope and clamped it on the holder on one side of the tackle box, with the line end directly hooked on the rod handle.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yang smiled knowingly without saying anything.
Many mistakes, without personal experience it’s hard to learn.
Han Qiang’s issue with snapping the rod seems like a single event, but actually, it’s not; it has causes and effects.
If Zhang Yang had reminded him to hang the escape rope earlier and he had listened and done it, then during the fish control later he wouldn’t have been so passive, and at the critical moment, should’ve let go of the rod but didn’t, forcing himself to the limit, which led to the rod snapping mistake.
As Han Qiang nodded repeatedly indicating he learned, in the chat room live streaming, after listening to Zhang Yang’s wave of explanations, various discussions began flooding the screen.
[So this is what snapping a rod is about, learned something after Yang Ge’s explanation!]
[My friend is exactly the same as Yang Ge described, bought a black pit rod, broke the rod tip twice in one day, making the fishing tackle store owner who promised free replacements feel deeply distressed!]
[Does snapping the rod handle section happen due to uneven stress? Then what about breaking the rod from the second or third section from the handle end?]
[My situation is even stranger than the brother above, a rod tip without even attaching the main line broke just from shaking the rod a few times, Yang Ge, what’s going on here?]
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Zhang Yang glanced at all kinds of peculiar questions from the fellow anglers on the screen, and picked several representative ones to answer: "The fishing rods on the market now, most are made from carbon cloth materials, rods made from carbon cloth have certain peculiarities.
For example, as mentioned by the fellows in the chat, the rod tip wasn’t used, just shook it a bit and it broke!
I assume there’s an eighty to ninety percent chance that this rod tip already had some hidden damage, causing this situation, such as sand getting in and causing scratches, or due to aging of resin in the carbon cloth after long usage, it might be possible.
To address another brother’s question, breaking the second or third section, two possibilities arise, one is lifting the rod too aggressively, causing jarring stress resulting in targeted damage.
The second possibility is reaching the rod’s designed strength limit! If the rod breaks into multiple sections and completely snaps, it’s usually the second scenario!
Since we’re discussing rods, I want to remind you fellows one thing!
Carbon rods may feel better in handling, but they do have compromises in absolute strength, the higher the carbon content, the higher the requirement for operating skills.
If you are a beginner in fishing, it’s better not to start with high-carbon rods right away; wait until you’re more adept with basic skills like casting and controlling fish, then upgrade the gear!"
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While chatting leisurely, Zhang Yang also shared some insights about choosing and using fishing rods with the fellow anglers, unknowingly half an hour passed.
Because of the rod snapping earlier, the fish dragged the setup and rod tip away, the fishing spot was quiet for a long time.
Every few minutes Han Qiang would scoop a bit using the spending scoop into the fishing spot, focusing all attention on the bobber in front of the spot.
As he patiently waited for a bite, Han Qiang suddenly noticed a thick-stemmed bobber swaying towards the fishing spot from the surrounding area.
"Chief, look outside the spot!"
Han Qiang lowered his voice and pointed towards the spot, his tone barely concealing his excitement.
Zhang Yang immediately adjusted the high-definition lens for a close-up on the approaching bobber.
"Wow! This big guy doesn’t learn its lesson, wandered around the center and came back!" Zhang Yang couldn’t help but make a comment.
"How about we hook it up? Even if we don’t catch the fish, hooking onto the big line attached to the fish’s mouth would work too, our bobber is still on the setup!" Han Qiang greedily suggested.
A single bobber costs over a hundred bucks, retrieving the bobber is indeed necessary. Moreover, that big fish has always had the hook and setup hanging off its mouth, which is really cruel.
Zhang Yang frowned and hesitated slightly, then said, "We can try, judging by the big fish entering the spot, there are likely other fish around it.
If we can hook the setup, exert gentle control when retrieving the fish, to avoid startling the spot again; all the effort spent nurturing the spot would be completely wasted otherwise!"