| When you find yourself in a tackle shop, you'll find | | | | nose cone; and finally, a fly reel stores the thick |
| lots of great tackle from which you can choose. | | | | line used for fly fishing. Reels will come equipped |
| In this section, we'll discuss rods, reels, and lures. | | | | with a line spool, a brake to slow running fish, a |
| A rod is a long pole that works just like a lever, | | | | handle so that you can reel back your line, and a |
| for you to catch fish. While your grandparents | | | | foot that allows you to clamp it to a rod. |
| may have used rods from cane, these days | | | | So what's fishing line? Line is the special |
| they're usually made out of fiberglass, graphite, or | | | | filament--usually, nylon, although some are also |
| another kind of composite material. Most rods | | | | available from braided fibers and wire--that you |
| come equipped with a reel-holding clamp and | | | | use to fish. Fly line, however, is a specialized |
| guides through which the line will run, but you'll | | | | plastic coating around a core material; and fly line |
| have to purchase the reel and line separately. In | | | | is often tapered (meaning that it changers |
| the mean time, choose among the different | | | | diameter from one end of the reel to the other) |
| designs for different tasks, including rods for boat | | | | to make it easier for you to cast. When you finish |
| fishing, jetty or pier fishing, or bait casting. | | | | fishing, make sure you gather up your excess |
| The reel is a machined device. Basically, it holds | | | | line--its dangerous to other anglers, and wildlife. |
| and spools the fishing line, but its design will differ | | | | A fishing lure is anything artificial, that's designed |
| depending on the kind of fishing you plan to do. A | | | | to attract fish, and has hooks. Lures may include |
| casting reel has a revolving spool; a spinning reel | | | | flies, hard plastic or wood plugs, soft plastic |
| allows the line to coil off a stationary spool; a | | | | imitation plugs, or even jigs, spinners, or |
| spincast reel looks like a spinning reel but it has a | | | | spinnerbaits. Lure also includes metal spoons. |