Fishing lure
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A fishing lure is any of a broad category of inedible, artificial fishing baits designed to be "fake food" that mimic the appearances of prey and thus attract the attention of predatory fish when angl
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
Fly fishing
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Fly fishing is an angling technique that uses an ultra-lightweight fishing lure called an artificial fly, which typically mimics small invertebrates such as flying and aquatic insects to attract and c
Fishing lure
…round a hook, and fit on to the wool two feathers which grow under a cock's wattles" by Macedonian anglers on the Astraeus River, an early form of fly fishing, near the end of the 2nd century. The Chinese were the first to make modern-looking fishing line, spun from fine silk, and the use of "wooden fish…
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.