Fish Fighting Tactics 2: Rod
Direction
The most valuable fish fighting tactic is to always
point the tip of the rod, along with the entire blank, in the direction
of the fish.
Timothy Kusherets
Here I’m battling a huge fish with the entire rod pointed
in the direction of the flailing fish. The pull of the line is all
I need to figure out where to point the rod. The sensation of the
pull is so acute that I’m able to fight the same type of fight
during the dead of night.
I’ve seen hundreds of fishermen lose fish because
they didn’t know proper fish-fighting-tactics. The most valuable
fish fighting tactic is to always point the tip of the rod, along
with the entire blank, in the direction of the fish. Even blind-folded
it’s possible to figure out where to point rods simply by the
pull on the line. Many years ago I used to wonder how blind people
could fish. In many regions of the world visually impaired people
fish for free. The dynamic of fishing without seeing confounded me
for many years; that is, until I began to fish at night.
It is the pull of the rod that says it all. I’ve often said
that I fish when fish tell me to. That means I watch all kinds of
peripheral sciences associated with fishing to figure out when and
where to hit the water. Sometimes the quasi conspiratorial sciences
indicate the best time to fish is one in the morning. During fall
and winter months that almost always mean fishing without the aid
of moonlight. Over the course of many fishing trips in the dead of
night I was able to hone my fighting skills so thoroughly that I can
now fight any fish without the need to look in the direction. Remember,
it’s the pull of the rod that indicates where to point it.
© Timothy Kusherets 2009/10
