Fishing bait
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Fishing bait is any luring substance used specifically to attract and catch fish, typically when angling with a hook and line. There are generally two types of baits used in angling: hookbaits, which
Fathead minnow, a common bait fish
A container of earthworms (nightcrawlers) for use as bait
Mussel meat used as cutbait on a hook
Threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense), a freshwater forage fish commonly captured as live bait
Fly fishing
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Fly fishing is an angling technique that uses an ultra-lightweight lure called an artificial fly, which typically mimics small invertebrates such as flying and aquatic insects to attract and catch fis
Man fly fishing in the Sava.
Fly rod and reel with a brown trout from a chalk stream in England
Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, published in 1653 helped popularize fly fishing as a sport. Woodcut by Louis Rhead, 1900.
Trading card of the Ustonson company, an early firm specializing in fishing equipment, and holder of a royal warrant from the 1760s.