Fishing rod for alerting when a fish has been hooked

1. Field of the Invention A fishing rod for alerting when a fish has been hooked that includes a handle, a foregrip, a reel seat, a reel, a blade, and apparatus for alerting when the fish has been hooked. The apparatus includes a switch that is operatively connected to the blade, closes when the blade is flexed, and is a transducer having an output directly proportionate to amount of flexing of the blade, an illuminating element that illuminates when the switch is closed for visually alerting that the fish has been hooked, by virtue of the switch being closed when the blade is flexed by the fish hooked, wherein such flexing causes the blade to whip and cause the illuminating element to create a line of light that follows such whipping of the blade, and wherein the intensity of the illuminating element is directly proportionate to the amount of flexing of the blade, by virtue of the output of the transducer being directly proportionate to the amount of flexing of the blade, and an audio element that has an intensity and enunciates when the switch is closed for audibly alerting that the fish has been hooked, wherein the intensity of the audio element is directly proportionate to the amount of flexing of the blade.