Casting (fishing)
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In angling, casting is the act of the angler throwing the bait and hook as well as other attached terminal tackles out over the water, typically by slinging a fishing line manipulated by a long, elastic fishing rod. The term itself may also be used for setting out a net when artisanal fishing.
A fly fisherman casting his lure on Soca River, Slovenia
A Dutch angler beach-casting a multi-lure rig
Barack Obama casting while fly-fishing for trout on the East Gallatin River near Belgrade, Montana
A competitor, Jana Maisel, casts her fly into one of the goal pools at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg.
Fishing lure
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A fishing lure is any one of a broad category of artificial angling baits that are inedible replicas designed to mimic prey animals that attract the attention of predatory fish, typically via appearances, flashy colors, bright reflections, movements, vibrations and/or loud noises which appeal to the fish's predation instinct and entice it into gulping the lure. Angling activities using lures are known as lure fishing.
Fishing lures are made in various creative designs like this top-water lure
Attaching a bass fishing lure to a fishing line
A copper fishing lure
A collection of "popper" lures, a type of surface lure