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Fly Fishing History

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Imagine sitting on a dock at a nearby pond, fishing and it is peaceful and quiet when all of sudden a fish bites the hook! Fishing is all about waiting patiently for the right fish, having the right equipment, and knowing what a person wants to catch; fishing is more than a way to survive, it has now grown into a lucrative sport, and become a big hobby for many people around the world. Fishing is a sport that all started with a stick, line, a hook, and a bait. The whole goal of fishing is to catch a fish, either fresh or saltwater. The sport is also called angling, but since it has increased around the world, it has been changed to fishing. The development of fishing equipment has gradually increased throughout the years. Equipment used to be just a stick or a bush vine, a string, and a piece of bone, or a hook (Aggarwal). Now, the equipment is more technologically advance to better the odds of …show more content…

The main purpose of fly-fishing is to get the fish to bite and “imitation” of a bug. There are many techniques for fly-fishing, to fit the weather conditions such as the haul cast for it is windy. Bait fishing is also called bottom fishing, which is to catch fish purposely by using a type of bait such as worms, crickets, and even small fish. Some of the techniques for bait fishing are bottom rigging, jugging, and the most common is with a cork (RBFF). Trolling is the use of live bait and artificial lures that are left in the water behind a slow moving boat. Netting is a setline that traps the fish. Netting is mostly used in commercial fishing and catching baitfish. The object of noodling is to catch only catfish, with out a rod and a line, and use only a person’s hands, or feet. Noodling is mostly done in shallow waters. Ice fishing is normally done in the colder states. When someone goes ice fishing they would need many tools to break through the ice

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