At first i thought fishing rods didn't work in skywars only but today i tried them in sg too and got no pullback affect on players. One of my favorite strategies in 1.9 is to use a fishing rod to prevent people from running away by pulling them into my reach. I know this isn't used that much (mostly as 1.9 pvp is still new) but its a great strategy that I would love to use on cubecraft! :D