1.   Rod bent down and heaved the sack onto his shoulder.

2.   The rod bent double, the reel shrieked and ratcheted.

3.   But Rice, a big man, was not smiling, though his rod was still bending.

4.   But occasionally, a rod would bend double and a fisherman would stare in disbelief as his reel became a blur of vanishing line.

5.   His rod bent over.

6.   Just then, his rod bent.

7.   Rods bent toward the water, line peeling off the reels and looks of surprise on their faces.

8.   Suddenly the rod bent down and the reel whined.

9.   The rod bent.

10.   The rod bent deeply as a steelhead bored upstream.