Need some help with a fishing rod!

I was throwing together a sprite sheet for a fishing rod… Each direction has 2 different sprites, one straight and one bent (as if there were a fish pulling on the line). I got the left and right directions done fine, but I’m having an issue doing anything that looks decent for the front and back. I left the back direction on the sheet, though I’m not happy with it, really. Anyone have any advice? Or wanna give it a whirl? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Edit: It occurs to me looking at it now that the reel on the back facing rod needs to be bigger to match the other two… I’ll take care of that.