How do fishing rods not break when pulling heavy fish?

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How do fishing rods not break when pulling heavy fish?

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They do sometimes, especially if the angler doesn’t know how to play and land the fish. But essentially, the taper of the rod transfers the increasing load further down the butt of the rod where it has more diameter to handle that stress.

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