How would I make a Physics based fishing rod?

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I want to make a semi/realistic fishing game, similar to those such as fishing planet, Russian fishing, and call of the wild the Angler. What solutions have you tried so far? I have tried animating the pole but, it doesn’t account for fish size differences , plus its pretty time consuming. [image] Sorry for the bad example -tips for the fishing line is also welcomed, im thing of using beams, trails or rope constraints