Ryley; That’s one of the problems with the written word vs. spoken. I doubt you actually point your rod straight up whne trying to land a fish. But that's what you typed. “when they are pointing straight up, which is where it should be pointing as you are attempting to land a fish."

Newbies might think you really should point your rod straight up with a fish at the boat, and of course that will result in broken rods and probably lost fish. I know you would never do that . . But one of my steelheading buddies swore he never did that till I showed him a photo.