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Chapter 177 - 177 177 The Metaphysics of the Sickle Hook

177: Chapter 177: The Metaphysics of the Sickle Hook 177: Chapter 177: The Metaphysics of the Sickle Hook As an experienced angler, Teacher Bai always used self-tied leaders, which rarely caused any issues given his familiarity with what fish and which models to use.

But the current situation was definitely not right!!

Unwilling to be outdone, Teacher Bai quickly swapped in a new set of leaders.

Before tying them to the octagonal ring, he carefully inspected the binding details at the positions of the two fish hook handles, ensured there were no issues, and then rolled on two soft sticky baits to continue fishing.

Rogue float + rogue line, the bait dropping point was longer than others’.

Soon, he got another bite!

Similar to the previous two times, the fish only resisted symbolically for a moment before the leader snapped again!

“Damn!

Something’s fishy here!” Teacher Bai lifted the fishing rod and examined the main line in his hand, scrutinizing where the leader had broken off.

Leaders are essentially consumables that need to be replaced regularly.

For fishermen, it’s quite normal to cut hooks or break lines.

Normally, if a leader is tied correctly, it breaks above the hook handle, which is the weakest part of the entire set-up.

Experienced anglers refer to this type of break as “cutting the hook”!

While breaks aren’t unusual, a leader snapping with just a little force was abnormal.

Teacher Bai glanced at the break point on the leader, which was slightly whitened, but seemed fine.

“Could there be something wrong with the leader’s material?” Teacher Bai scratched his head, puzzled, and concluded that aging of the leader material must be the only logical explanation when reality didn’t match his usual understanding.

“Teacher Bai, what’s going on with you?

Why do you keep cutting hooks?

You’re letting the fish run in the baited area, not like your style at all!” Zhao Dezong glanced at Teacher Bai, curiously asked.

With a frustrated expression, Teacher Bai replied, “I really can’t say.

I was doing fine catching fish earlier, but it started cutting hooks after I switched to full flying lead!

Xiao Zhao, do you have spare leaders?

Spare me a few!

I suspect the material of the hooks I tied has aged!”

“What size do you use?

I brought quite a few!” Zhao Dezong, a tackle shop owner, would never be short of leaders.

Whenever he went fishing, he always brought plenty, usually packed in neat sets of ten pairs each, with a complete range of sizes.

“2.0, give me a set!”

Teacher Bai turned and fetched a set of hooks, swapping them out swiftly.

But it didn’t take long before they snapped again!~

While Teacher Bai was cutting hooks to the point of questioning his life choices, Yue Feng’s fishing started to stabilize.

Standard rod, standard line, but he switched to a self-righting float, and the bait’s dropping point was almost as far as Bai’s rogue fishing.

In order to solidify the bait area, Yue Feng deliberately adjusted the dispersal time of each bait ball after it hit the water, making sure as much as possible that the bait settled within the baited area to concentrate the fish.

Next to him, Teacher Bai kept cutting hooks and scaring fish away from the baited area while Yue Feng’s area was filled with enough bait to feed the fish, soon causing a subtle change in the fish situation.

The carp, driven by stress, gradually started to gather in Yue Feng’s spot and the trend was increasing.

In less than half an hour, Teacher Bai had already gone through a whole set of hooks that he just got!

Since he started fishing, this was the most hooks he had ever cut.

The card’s effect was too dominant, just as described; if the main line’s length violated the rules, hooking a fish meant a certain cutoff.

Even when Teacher Bai pushed the lead seat back to the normal fishing position for steady bottom fishing, hooking a fish still ended with a cut hook.

For Teacher Bai, this was an infuriating anomaly!

But in the eyes of the live streaming audience, it turned into a joke.

“Hahaha, this guy next to him is hilarious.

Just started fishing?

I’ve barely seen him catch a few fish, but he’s cutting hooks like a pro!”

“I feel like if I went up there, I would perform better than him!

With such skills, where does he get the confidence to fish at Big Cannon Pit?

Is it because he has more money than sense?”

“He was just showing off to Brother Feng with a big grin not long ago, and now he must be dumbfounded!

Did you guys hear earlier?

This dude even borrowed someone else’s leader line; I bet it has nothing to do with the line itself.

It’s purely because his stingy angling technique has problems, which is why this is happening!”

“Brother upstairs analyzed it spot on, lacking the skills but still pretending to be a master, getting snagged is the best slap in the face!”

“Oh man, this is too funny, watching him get snagged is quite amusing too.

Brother Feng, maybe adjust the camera so everyone can join in and guess if the next catch will get snagged!”

“Forget it, I’ve been counting, ever since he switched to that rogue line, he’s already been snagged 16 pairs, and hasn’t caught a single fish!

Do you even need to guess if it’ll snag?

It’s a guaranteed snag, you know!”

Faced with the playful teasing from the public channel, Yue Feng kept quiet and did not participate.

After some time spent casting, he gradually got the hang of the fishing situation.

Although the bites were not fast, he maintained a rate of about one fish per minute.

Seeing everyone so interested in Old Bai, Yue Feng simply adjusted the camera’s angle so it included that area.

“Following everyone’s suggestion, I’ve adjusted the camera!

Let’s all view fishing mishaps objectively and refrain from personal attacks or following the crowd!”

Now, Old Bai’s expression became even uglier, as Yue Feng was too wicked, broadcasting his embarrassment live.

“Yue Feng, are you taking joy in my misfortune?” Old Bai’s forehead veins popped out as he squinted his eyes and asked Yue Feng.

Yue Feng smirked, “You’re overthinking it.

I feel snagging is your fishing issue.

Why don’t you try changing to a standard length of the main line?”

At this point, Old Bai had snagged so much he doubted life itself.

He tried almost everything he could think of.

Hearing Yue Feng’s suggestion, and since the bites weren’t great anyway, he thought he might as well treat a dead horse as if it were alive.

Changing to the standard full length line, Old Bai swapped another pair of hooks into his leader line box.

He had run out of size 2.0 hooks, and the rig used size 1.5.

After much embarrassment, the float finally indicated a bite.

And believe it or not, it didn’t snag!

The 1.5 leader line was countless times stronger than the 2.0 he had used before.

The line and rod buzzed as the fish pulled, but it amazingly didn’t snag.

Seeing the fish tired and brought ashore, Old Bai felt defeated inside.

The 2.0 leader line used just before and the 1.5 line used now were both tied yesterday.

They were bought together and had always been kept in the tackle box.

There shouldn’t have been a significant performance difference, yet this fish didn’t snag.

“Hahaha, who was betting earlier that this fish wouldn’t snag?”

“Uh, do we need to rely on the metaphysical for fishing now?

Logically, changing to the standard line should make snags easier than with the rogue line!”

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I Hate My Silly Heart: “Damn it, I accept my loss, but it’s indeed a bit odd!”

It indeed was odd, not just Old Bai felt it was mysterious, even Zhao Dezong on the opposite side of Yue Feng found it hard to understand.