Side Mission: Tools Of The Trade

• Prerequisites: None
• Rewards: 200 Resistance Points, $700
• Details: Help Skylar get her fishing rods back from Dylan.

MISSION Commencement

Locate Dylan’s Master Bait Shop just north of the bridge over Widow’s Creek. Here you’ll meet Skylar, whose boyfriend (the eponymous “Dylan”) is holed up inside his trailer, refusing to give Skylar her fishing gear.

SCARE Dylan by Shooting Things Around His RV

Start to shoot at the various bits and pieces of junk and items surrounding the trailer. Skylar shouts encouragement. Hit the guitar, both deck chairs, the keg, the satellite dish, and the rusting metal hatch left of the guitar (the “dump tank”). If that doesn’t do it, shoot at the boarded windows too.

TALK to Skylar

FOLLOW Skylar

CATCH Trout (3)

Follow Skylar to Widow’s Creek fishing spot, after gathering one of the fishing rods Dylan throws out from his trailer. If you haven’t fished before, listen to Skylar’s instructions.

Throw out your line, about halfway into the lake, close to where there’s evidence of fish (ripples in the water). Softly tap the reel to make your bait dance slightly and slowly reel in until either a fish catches the bait or you need to cast again.

When the fish is on the hook, reel in constantly while moving the rod in the opposite direction that the fish is moving in. If the line is about to snap, the rod will bend and the line turns orange to red. Prevent the snap by easing off the reeling and opposing movement. Make subtle opposing movements rather than wrenching ones. And execute patience.

Take some time to practice fishing here, using basic lures and rods if you wish. Or, use a trout bugger (lure available once you have the Fisher King Perk) for an easier time, though this isn’t necessary.

Once you’re done, speak to Skylar to conclude this mission.