Help with fishing rod speed?

[RuexMedia3]

Hi! I am Having problems with my fishing rod, I'm pretty good with sword + FnS + Bow Combos but I struggle with the fishing rod (Mostly speed) Here is my current hotbar setup:

How can I speed up my transition from sword to fishing rod and back to sword? I see people like huahwi and gravey4rd and other great PvPers that can do this so effortlessly! I spend all my free time on roxbot or MCSG practicing and I just can't seem to get it right! all help is appreciated.

EDIT: I am NOT scrolling I use hot keys! I currently have the steelseries sensei RAW mouse but i'm thinking of upgrading to a razer

 

[CrystalKnowledge]

Just use the "number" keys on your keyboard instead of scrolling between items with your mouse.

 

[_Gamer_FTW]

You should hot key not scroll

 

[SniperSnakez]

Hit them with your fishing rod and then hotkey to 1 to sword them.

 

[theamazinggeek]

It's actually quite simple once you learn to hotkey with a comfortable control layout.

 

[Aafk3]

Hot-keying is good, but for me fishing rods shouldn't be hot-keyed. I can tell you like Huahwi, but you don't need to use his layout, everyone PvPs differently try putting your rod in slot 2 or 9, so you can scroll to it. Try new layouts on Roxbot and decide which layout works for you!

 

[shadowblaze12]

It's very easy for me to switch from slot 1 to slot 2 because of this. Razer naga 2012.

 

[Raupp2]

Try try this hotbar: Slot 1 Sword, Slot 2 Fishing pole, Slot 3 Bow, The I usually then use 4 for flint and steel.

Then run up to him with slot 2 and then hit, then click 1 fast and you will get a good 2/3 hits on him.
Hope this helped!!!

 

[overthetopgaming]

It is very simple if you have side-buttons such as the one on some razer products. I use a razer naga, so I am decent at it, but I never tried hotkeying using the numbers on your keyboard. If you want, go out and buy a razer deathadder or something and learn how to use it. That should help you, I think.

 

[Mooclan]

Many YouTubers use gaming mice with special buttons, such as the Razer Naga and Razer Deathadder.
I have the Razer NAGA, and the side buttons look like this: (SOMEONE POINTED OUT I ORIGINALLY HAD THIS LISTED A DEATHADDER, IT IS ACTUALLY THE NAGA. MY BAD.)
http://gyazo.com/907e1bd3145315058f9cf6a2dcae6863

It's rather useful for easy switching.
Before I got my Razer mouse, I managed to get decently good at it by doing this:

I had 1 as Sword, 2 as Bow, 3 as Fishing Rod. (Inventory slots)
I would start on Sword and scroll down two slots to my fishing rod. (I had a mouse that clicks every slot it scrolls.) I would then right click once to cast the fishing rod, then reach my left hand up and tap the 1 button right afterwards to switch back to my sword. I also did a similar thing for Flint and Steel.
This worked for me in the past, and I see no reason why it shouldn't currently, unless you have your Sprint key set to something unusual or something like that.

 

[RuexMedia3]

Just so everyone knows I'm not scrolling with my mouse I use hot keys for everything. I'm also using the steelseries sensei raw mouse but I'm thinking of upgrading to a razor naga but I'm not sure if I should get the normal one or the hex. I have also tried to use this hot bar setup: 1: sword 2: FnS 3: FnS 4: bow 5: fishing rod, and it seems to work but not as well as my original setup (I've always used my original setup since I started playing)

 

[Mooclan]

Just so everyone knows I'm not scrolling with my mouse I use hot keys for everything. I'm also using the steelseries sensei raw mouse but I'm thinking of upgrading to a razor naga but I'm not sure if I should get the normal one or the hex. I have also tried to use this hot bar setup: 1: sword 2: FnS 3: FnS 4: bow 5: fishing rod, and it seems to work but not as well as my original setup (I've always used my original setup since I started playing)

For general Minecraft combat, you don't need all 12 buttons that the standard Naga offers, however the Hex doesn't have 9 buttons. The standard Naga's button layout does eventually feel normal once you get used to it, so don't worry about there being too many, and you can also remap a single profile for PvP specifically, such as setting the 4 button to 9 or something.