| Fly Fishing | | | | common until recently and are still used in certain |
| Ancient Macedonian pottery paintings indicate that fly | | | | areas. |
| fishing, that is, fishing with a lure constructed of | | | | Fishing lines |
| feathers to imitate an insect, was the first form of | | | | Fish are caught with a fishing line by encouraging a fish |
| angling with a rod. Fly fishing differs from most other | | | | to bite upon a fish hook or a gorge. A fishing hook will |
| disciplines of fishing today because the fly must be | | | | pierce the mouthparts of a fish and may be barbed to |
| cast on a fly rod, a very whippy, limber pole which is | | | | make escape less likely. A gorge is buried in the bait |
| bent or "loaded" by a fly line. Whereas a bait fisherman | | | | such that it would be swallowed end first. The |
| uses the weight of his lure or bait to pull line out behind | | | | tightening of the line would fix it cross-wise in the |
| it when thrown, a fly fisher uses the weight of the line | | | | quarry's stomach or gullet and so the capture would |
| itself to bend and unbend his rod. | | | | be assured. |
| | | | Ice fishing |
| It is possible to fish with minimal equipment by using | | | | Ice fishing is the practice of catching fish with lines and |
| only the hands. In the USA catching catfish in this way | | | | hooks through an opening in the ice on a frozen body |
| is known as noodling. In the British Isles, the practice of | | | | of water. It is practised by hunter-gatherers such as |
| catching trout by hand is known as trout tickling. | | | | the Inuit and by sportsmen in many cold climates. |
| Spear and bow fishing | | | | What ever technique is you favorit, one thing is for |
| Spear fishing is an ancient method of fishing and may | | | | certain; fishing is a fantastic recreational hobby or sport. |
| be conducted with an ordinary spear or a specialised | | | | A growing number of people around the world is |
| variant such as an eel spear or the trident. A small | | | | joining the fellowship of fishermen. More and more |
| trident type spear with a long handle is used in the | | | | people are finding out about the relaxing effect fishing |
| American South and Midwest for "gigging" bullfrogs | | | | has. One could wonder why it is so. Maybee because |
| with a bright light at night, or for gigging carp and other | | | | the world surrounding us all is going faster and faster, |
| trash fish in the shallows. | | | | and we need a breathing hole ones and a while to |
| Fishing nets | | | | catch our breath. Fishing provides that hole! A lot of us |
| All fishing nets are meshes usually formed by knotting | | | | has known it for years, some has just discovered it, |
| a relatively thin thread. Modern nets are usually made | | | | and others will join in the future. |
| of artificial polyamides like nylon, although nets of | | | | Happy fishing - see you out there. |
| organic polyamides such as wool or silk thread were | | | | |