Fishing is a systematic undertaking; often, many small details can have ripple effects on everything else. Right now, that's exactly what's happening: the tuning of the fishing rod is affecting the speed of retrieving the fish, which in turn reduces the total number of casts per unit of time.
"That's really the case! Looking at it like this, Yue chose his stiff rod quite well!" Liu nodded, acknowledging that Zhang had a more thorough understanding than he did.
"This rod looks a bit unfamiliar. What brand is it? The paint job and everything looks pretty nice, and it performs well under stress too!" Zhang casually asked.
Liu Fengnian shook his head, "I'm not sure. Yue has connections for making rods. The rods he used before were all non-circulation models, and it seems like he only got his hands on his current rods not long ago! He said he has a set, look, they're all in the rod bag behind!"
