As for the rods, it depends on personal techniques for casting fish and retrieving them. The more skillful you are, the stiffer the rod you can use.

Average anglers, if their skills are somewhat lacking, can also use rods with hardness around 3h or 4h! If the fish are slow, use a softer rod for more tolerance and fewer problems."

[What? A 0.8# leader line for carp fishing? Zhang Yang must be joking with us! I normally fish with a 3.0 nylon line and it snaps instantly, isn't 0.8# leader line used for bream fishing?]

[I never use nylon as a leader line, around here, we always use Carbon Core Strong Horse for carp fishing! Eight or nine number Iseini hooks, incredibly solid! Nylon line is prone to breaking!]

[I've used the eighth number Gold Sea Evening, the hooks aren't good, though sharp enough, they open way too easily!]

[Zhang Yang, does your team use imported leader lines and fish hooks of notably high quality? Must be expensive, right? I know a competitive angler who buys imported fishing line at over 200 bucks a spool!]

Goodness, when talking about fishing methods and fish situation analysis earlier, the fellow anglers were quite harmonious,

but upon hearing Zhang Yang's slow-fish-situation line set recommendations, the chat exploded with predominantly skeptical voices.

Before diving into this topic, Zhang Yang had actually mentally prepared himself,

since when he opened a fishing gear shop in town two years ago, many anglers he met mostly had this same perception regarding fishing,

unexpectedly, it's already 2015, with so many episodes of the black pit fishing stories filmed, yet there are still so many novice anglers now.

Zhang Yang took a deep breath, slightly adjusted his mindset and organized his words, saying: "It seems that the topic about line set matching is quite controversial!

I see the chat keeps scrolling, most anglers are questioning this!

Let me first share my personal opinion, I hope everyone can view it rationally and agree to disagree!

Firstly, regarding the issue of the 0.8# leader line's strength.

To many anglers, the 0.8# leader line already feels like a very fine fishing line, with the impression that a slight pull would break it! Actually, this viewpoint is quite incorrect!

With a normal standard diameter 0.8# nylon line, the adequate straight pull strength should not be less than 1.8 kg, and knot strength not less than 1.35 kg, certain imported brands may even have slightly higher strength.

The fishing line with such strength, under a properly matched rod, is not difficult to catch a two or three-pound carp,

from my personal experience, in spring around April and May, the success rate can be maintained above ninety percent!

In summer and autumn when fish activity is high, the success rate is also over eighty percent, seldom cutting the hook and losing fish!

Secondly, on the strength issue of the Gold Sea Evening carp hook!

Compared to New Kanto or Iseini hooks of similar size, the absolute strength of Gold Sea Evening carp hooks is indeed somewhat lesser.

It's indeed possible for hooks to straighten out, but this is not the core issue. This occurs due to improper matching of the line and hook strengths!

Be rational, everyone, and imagine using a 0.8# leader line, can it really pull open an eight number Gold Sea Evening fish hook? Even if the domestic hook strength is slightly poor, it's absolutely impossible!

Before the hook can be straightened, the line would cut because it can't withstand the maximum pull power!

It's a very straightforward principle, everyone understands, right?

After explaining the reason for hook straightening, onto why using Gold Sea Evening carp hooks!

In later fish situations, as the fish bite gets lighter, they become pickier about the weight of line sets and hook baits.

Gold Sea Evening has moderate strength, weighs lighter than New Kanto, so when fishing secondary bite fish, slippery mouth fish, it holds certain advantages and is more easily sucked into the mouth!

Lastly, I saw other anglers mentioning tying hooks with Carbon Core Strong Horse as leader lines, let's talk particularly about this too!

Carbon Core Strong Horse indeed holds much stronger than nylon line, is wear-resistant, has high tensile force, but it has two fatal flaws!

Firstly, Carbon Core Strong Horse is a multi-fiber braided line, whether six-strand or eight-strand, regardless of braid technique, it will absorb water and expand when submerged, and inevitably create gaps between fibers!

Fishing line absorbing water and expanding loses its concealed nature thoroughly in water, especially when fishing more cautious and timid big fish, the hook rate will drop sharply!

Secondly, the expanded braided line is very stiff, noticeably blocking fish bites when luring.

The bobber response, possibly, with 0.8 nylon line, is a plunk and dip of one-and-a-half marks, but with Strong Horse fishing line, the bobber shows merely slight rise and a dim dip.

Fish sensing blocked food they can't bite naturally end up spitting it, leading to a missed chance at a successful catch!

This is the reason for choosing them, I wonder if my explanation helps everyone understand?"

Silence!

The entire chat room fell silent as if collectively frozen!

A vast majority of regular fishermen still hold onto the understanding that fish hooks and leader lines shouldn't let the fish cut and run after a catch, Zhang Yang's clear-minded explanation overturned over half of the fellow anglers' perceptions.

Ordinarily, many people see fishing experts always landing fish wherever they go, feeling that they could easily achieve the same too.

Now, having such an exchange through the live stream, these fellow anglers realize how shallow and ignorant their understanding of fishing is.

Zhang Yang completed his sharing of valuable insights in one go, glanced around the streaming circle, ensuring no fishing line was tangled, paused for a few seconds, and then leisurely said: "What? Have they all run away after my sharing?

Why is there no one speaking in the chat? What happened to the mood setters and the buzz crews?"

[Whoa! Just a seemingly inconspicuous leader line has so many details inside!]

[Damn, after listening to Zhang Yang's explanation, it makes sense somehow!]

[The problem isn't the fishing line, it's us!]

[Zhang Yang, do you take apprentices? Or perhaps any of Yan's team? I'd like to formally learn fishing!

Damn it, I've fished for seven or eight years, and I never knew these things! Seems like there's indeed a reason for my lousy fishing!]

[There's a skilled fishing expert where I'm at, no wonder he always uses nylon line for leader lines!

We fish together but whenever I ask him, he never says a thing! Turns out the difference in leader lines matters this much!]

The fellow anglers took a moment, and the chat room suddenly grew lively again.

The difference was that the skepticism had mostly vanished, leaving various comments of newfound understanding.

Watching everyone's remarks on the chat, Zhang Yang even began to feel a slight pity for these anglers from all corners that joined the live stream room.

Those who use smartphones, download software, and access the live stream are at least quite capable of engaging with new things.

What about those anglers who don't know about live streaming, or don't use phones? How narrow is their understanding of fishing knowledge?

The responsibility of spreading fishing knowledge and cultural inheritance is indeed a heavy one!

Zhang Yang sighed slightly: "Alright, everyone, no need to dwell on it, now there's live streaming!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask during the live stream or in other streamed explanations. Now that the internet is developing faster, there will always be opportunities to learn fishing knowledge!

Oh yes, speaking of which, are there any brothers who just entered the stream and haven't clicked follow yet?

Our live account has just started, desperately needs followers and a fan base, brothers who like our live stream room, click to follow!

I'm being a bit greedy, hoping to raise the follower count to twenty thousand by the end of the debut stream! If it can happen, before the broadcast ends, I'll give everyone a round of perks, alright!"

[Followed, set as special follow! Such a unique live stream room on the Echo app, from now on I'm Zhang Yang's hardcore fan!]

[Clicked follow, staying on course, Zhang Yang will lead us on the fast track! Those who haven't followed, hurry!]

[More perks incoming! Two pounds of Yellow Noodles cost fifty and adding shipping, it's at least sixty as a base! Started the live teaching us fishing didn't gain anything but spent over a thousand on a single stream, such a host deserves followers!]

Under Zhang Yang's conscious guidance of public opinion and rhythm, the fellow anglers' enthusiasm soared, the account's followers in the background enjoyed a new round of explosive growth.

Over an hour into the stream, the background followers rapidly grew from over twelve thousand at the start to over seventeen thousand,

and the number of people simultaneously online in the live room had reached an impressive six thousand plus, and the numbers continue growing fast!

With such debut data, aside from the outdoor category, it ranks among the top even across the entire platform.

Even before the stream finished, Zhang Yang could already affirm that today's debut exceptionally exceeded live streaming expectations.