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185: Chapter 185: A World of Difference 185: Chapter 185: A World of Difference Yue Feng felt nothing unusual on the first cast, it was just like any ordinary wild fishing.

He pressed down the wind line, adjusted the fishing target, confirmed there was no problem, and quickly raised the rod to cast the second time.

After five successive casts without seeing any decent movement, it was at the sixth cast that he finally saw a bite.

The float had just turned over when it showed a big, abrupt dip.

Yue Feng, with quick eyes and hands, lifted the rod to hook the fish, but came up empty!

Missing such a good dipping action left Yue Feng slightly stunned.

Unwilling to believe it, he strung up two bait balls and cast again.

The fish that had taken the bait before was still in the hole.

After the float turned over, it soon made another move.

It was still a very beautiful dip under the eye; after the previous miss, this time Yue Feng deliberately watched and waited before striking.

There was a brief pause during the descent of the float, then it continued downward and quickly settled into position.

Now Yue Feng realized he had been thinking too simply.

That previous bite had definitely not been taken in the mouth either.

If he had blindly set the hook when he felt a bite, he would have missed again.

Unwilling to accept defeat, Yue Feng gently flicked the rod tip, allowing the bait to swing down a second time.

At that moment, there was another pretty noticeable movement.

Tempting the float to bite, Yue Feng could no longer hold back, lifting the rod to hook the fish!

He missed again!

In the following dozens of casts, Yue Feng tried every guess he had: bites as the float overturned, as it descended, as it paused, and at the bottom.

He tried teasing bites as well—all the biting movements, but not a single fish was caught.

It wasn’t just a solid bite; he hadn’t even snagged the hook on anything.

“Damn it, what the hell is going on here, what kind of fish are these?

Even if they were silver carp or bighead carp, I should have caught a few by now!” A somewhat desperate Yue Feng scratched his head, feeling helpless for the first time about this fish situation.

While Yue Feng couldn’t catch a single fish, old Liu at his side would catch one every now and then, sometimes even getting lucky with a double tail.

Not even waiting half an hour to get into position, Yue Feng gave up, completely clueless.

Continuing to fish would be a waste of time.

“Brother Liu, I give up.

Stop teasing me, okay?

Next time, I definitely won’t rashly accept challenges to snatch fish from others!” Yue Feng said with a gloomy face.

Liu Fengnian did indeed take this opportunity to teach Yue Feng a lesson, though in a subtle and implicit way.

This was where his sophistication in dealing with people and situations shone through.

It hadn’t been long, and Yue Feng had already challenged several contests to snatch fish.

Regardless of whether it was good luck or skill that had won him the previous times, but now he even dared to take on a challenge in the Competition Pond, so old Liu felt it necessary to remind Yue Feng.

“What’s up, you’re giving up?” Liu Fengnian looked at Yue Feng with a smile.

Yue Feng nodded, “Yeah, I give up!

I’ve tried all the tricks I can think of.

After fishing the spot for so long, the fishing spot is almost boiling, but I can’t catch any fish!

I can’t hook them even when they bite!”

Seeing that Yue Feng had given up, Liu Fengnian stood up and said, “Come, put down your rod, and come to my spot!”

Yue Feng obediently put down the rod and sat on old Liu’s fishing box.

“Try my rod, both regular fishing and hook-setting.”

Yue Feng nodded and neatly pulled two small baits, casting his rod into the water.

As he was luring, Yue Feng paid special attention to the feel of this bait,

Light, incredibly light, as if it were made of cotton fluff!

Sticky, very sticky, it feels soft and slippery to the touch.

There are remnants on the hook tip, but the residue isn’t significant.

After the bait entered the water, the float turned over, and its speed to settle into place was much slower compared to Yue Feng’s own line setup!

During its descent, the float quickly showed movement, and Yue Feng casually grabbed an opportunity to strike, lifting the rod to hook the fish!

It was the first time the rod tip conveyed the feedback of force, fish on!

After all the busyness, catching the first fish made Yue Feng feel more excited than winning the championship in Black Pit, he carefully lifted the fish to the surface, then at the Fish Guard he used the Needle Stopper to hold and press, safely bringing the fish in!

“Did you discover any differences?” Liu Fengnian continued to ask.

“Yeah, there’s a huge difference in the state of the bait.

My bait mix is denser, it scatters, and there is residue, but the gluten in the residue isn’t good!

Your bait mix is lighter, scatters less, and the residue is different from mine!”

Yue Feng had a rather professional understanding of bait, and he generally outlined the differences.

“What you’re talking about is just the difference in bait!

Star Moon Lake, this pond, it’s been open for six or seven years now and has never been drained!

The crucian carps here might look small, but they are basically veterans of countless battles, if you want to catch them, the requirements for bait and line setup are extremely high!

If the line is too thick, the bait scatters too much, or if the density is too high, they will all result in false bites!

Just now, the bites you responded to were actually just nibbles; it’s just that the fish spit out the bait very quickly, they don’t wait for you to lift the rod, they’ve already spit out the hook!”

“Ah?

Then what should I do?

I just knew those moves earlier couldn’t have been false bites, so they were nibble moves!” Yue Feng remarked with a sigh.

Liu Fengnian said, “It looks like you are using a 0.8 mainline to a 0.4 leader setup, right?

Your line is too thick, my mainline is only 0.3!”

After Liu Fengnian finished speaking, Yue Feng specifically lifted the rod to observe, indeed, the line setup was extremely fine, and the hook was also very fine.

“0.3 mainline to a 0.2 leader, a number two fine Sleeve Hook?” Yue Feng asked again.

Liu Fengnian answered, “Leader line 0.15, number two Sleeve Hook!

If the fish are active, you can go up a hook size, but the leader line must not be thick!

Take your 0.8 to 0.4 line and put it away, I still have some competition line setups that I tied before.

You can calibrate a new one for yourself to try out!”

“Got it!” Yue Feng obediently set down Brother Liu’s rod, and began to reel in his 0.8 to 0.4 line setup.

Taking the ultra-fine line setup handed over by the other party, Yue Feng started readjusting his float.

For Yue Feng, setting the float halfway was elementary, but when he attempted to find the bottom precisely, he once again encountered a problem.

When the leader line is relatively thicker, finding the precise bottom is easier, it generally only requires adjusting a few times, by moving the float up or down, and the corresponding bead movements on the float would accurately find the bottom.

However, when using a 0.15 leader line, the feedback from pushing the float was really awkward.

Sometimes, after pushing the float up several beads in succession, there would be virtually no change on the fishing beads on the float, making Yue Feng begin to wonder if there was a problem with the float.

“Darn it!

Why does it feel like finding the precise bottom isn’t quite right!” Yue Feng scratched his head, knowing he had encountered another problem.

Liu Fengnian, with a laugh, exhaled a ring of smoke and explained, “There’s a certain tension on the water surface, so every time you adjust the float, you have to push down the waterline again, letting the float submerge and re-emerge.

That way, the fishing beads will show a more accurate result!

In the Competition Pond, there’s actually no absolute precision in finding the bottom.

Why do I say this?

Because the precision of the line and float used will be affected by the layer of sauce on the pond bottom.

The same trolling setup with different bait densities will be reflected in the fishing beads differently.

You don’t need to be overly precise.

Just be aware of this fact, and it won’t affect normal fishing!”