You shouldn ' t pass up the opportunity to befriend intellectuals , some like myself are stuck with degenerates who watch television , programmed mindlessness to the extreme , so consider it good fortune . <| sep |> Good game ? <| sep |> The more tension in your line , the faster it will die on you . I don ' t know if it snaps or not . Just constantly flick or hold your Lstick on the direction that it prompts . The bar at the top is how close you are to actually having the fish in your hands . QTEs significantly decrease the remaining bar length . Whether you stop reeling or not the button one , not the Lstick one is up to whether you want your line to die faster or not . You don ' t need to worry about lowlevel lines that you can buy at any fishing store , but personally I ' d try my best to keep the highlevel lines obtained rare items or boss materials I guess as loose as possible . I ' d rather lose a fish than a good line .