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How to Draw a Fishing Rod
Draw a fishing rod in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the rod.
Step 1: The rod
Draw a long thin rod leaning from bottom left to top right, fat at the handle end.
Tip Nearly corner to corner, thin like a straw.
Step 2: Handle and reel
Mark the handle end with a short line. From just above it draw a short stalk out to a round reel.
Step 3: The crank
From the middle of the reel draw a short line out and down, with a small knob on its end.
Step 4: Line guides
Along the top edge of the rod draw 3 tiny circles, spaced out, for the line to run through.
Step 5: The fishing line
Start at the tip of the rod. Draw a thin line hanging down in a curve; stop above the water.
Step 6: The float
At the end of the line draw a small float. From under it draw the line down to a hook.
Step 7: Water
Draw a wavy line of 5 bumps through the float, starting left of it and stopping at the right edge.
Step 8: A fish
Under the water draw a fish: an egg body, a triangle tail, a round eye, a gill and a smile.
Step 9: Bubbles and sparkles
Draw 2 little bubbles by the fish's mouth and 2 four-point sparkles in the air.
Step 10: Yellow and tan
Colour the sparkles yellow and the rod tan, down to the handle line.
Step 11: Orange and red
Colour the fish orange around its white eye, and the top half of the float red.
Step 12: Grey and brown
Colour the reel grey and the handle brown. Go over your lines and you are done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a fishing rod, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
