How do you change fishing rods?

[cyricsservant]

So I gave three dusts to the fisherman robot and he provided me with a new rod. I was surprised to see my rewards weren't changing (if anything they arguably got a bit worse . . . though I understand it's RNG), so I checked out the rods in the item menu. The upgraded rod appears to be red, but whenever I fish I'm still clearly using the original yellowish magnetic rod. Is there a way to switch over to the better red rod? I tried equipping from the menu item and the terminal, neither of which worked.

[Tiani]

The character sprite does not change with the new rod, if it shows in your inventory you're already using it.

There's a limit on how many rare rewards you can get with fishing during the game, so you probably got really lucky with the previous rod.

However, the new rod makes it easier to get perfect catches, which can always give you cogs (if you're not maxed out), and a veeery small chance of giving you dust.

[cyricsservant]

Wow, an answer from a dev. Thanks so much! I was fairly lucky with the original rod, so that may be it.

Awesome game, btw. The boss fights and world building are sublime. I'm also a big fan of the art style. I definitely need to keep an eye on your studio going forward.