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| become confused by some of the quarks in the | | | | If you delve into fly fishing, the terminology will |
| terminology used. Here are some of the oddities | | | | only get more confusing. Fly fishing is a unique |
| that reveal you shouldn't take everything as it | | | | niche of fishing that focuses on using flies to |
| seems. | | | | catch trout and such. It is either incredibly relaxing |
| Oddly, the first area of odd terminology is in the | | | | or frustrating. Regardless, you are strongly |
| very classification of the person fishing. When you | | | | encouraged to find someone that knows a good |
| say a fisherman or fisherwoman, you probably | | | | deal about it before getting involved or you wont |
| picture a person with a rod and reel. In truth, any | | | | understand a word that is being said. |
| effort to capture a fish makes you one of these. | | | | All this being said, much of the fishing world is as |
| If you throw dynamite into the local pond, you | | | | straightforward as you would probably presume |
| are a fisherman. So, are people who fish with just | | | | before getting into it. The number one most |
| rods and reels called anything in particular? Yes. | | | | common bait in the world are night crawler |
| They are called anglers. Why? Because they are! | | | | worms. Where did they get the name? They |
| Another area of head scratching can be bait. Bait | | | | come out of the ground and crawl around at |
| is classified in a few billion different ways. One of | | | | night. It doesn't get any more straightforward |
| the simplest is live versus dead bait. Seems | | | | than that. |
| pretty simple, huh? Well, it isn't. Most live bait is | | | | Don't sweat the small stuff when it comes to |
| not alive. It is just recently dead or not spoiled. | | | | fishing. If you get completely lost, just nod |
| Dead bait is spoiled and you aren't going to catch | | | | occasionally and nobody will know the difference! |
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