Originally posted by grinsekeatzchen:

Originally posted by Esos:

The fishing rod is obtainable through the merchant/trader you can find him in the Black Forest biome outside the starter island, it is possible to find him in the starter island but most of the time he's outside the island. That's what coins for, to purchase stuff at the merchant/trader also you can sell Amber, Ruby and Emerald for coins.

I think he knows that. It's just sometimes tricky to find the trader :).

Yeah, I know it really hard to find without peeking the map or cheating.