Straining
Trent was having trouble breathing and his arms were tired. He had no idea what was on the hook, but he was committed to retrieving it. He wasn’t about to loose his equipment either.
Trent was up against whatever was in the murky water in what seemed like a tug of battle. For him to see what precisely was putting up this battle, it was still too far below. Who or what was able to nearly split his rod in half?