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What is Needed for Fishing?
Fishing equipment is referred to as fishing tackle by specialists and hobbyists and it generally refers to rods, lines, hooks, sinkers, spears, lures, bait, reels, nets, and et cetera. The fishing gear that is attached at the end of a line is called terminal tackle
The word tackle when it refers to fishing equipment comes from ‘takel’ which initially meant the rigging of a ship, that is, the equipment consisting of ropes supporting a ship’s masts and sails. Later, the same word was recorded to have a different meaning, that of apparatus for fishing and that meaning has been preserved ever since.
The most basic fishing gear consists of a rod, a line, a hook, a lure, a bait and a weight or sinker. The line is a basic cord especially made for fishing that is both long, strong and yet thin, so that fish do not notice it. There are several questions that an angler asks when buying a fishing line, like its resistance, stretch, strength et cetera. The line will be selected depending on what species of fish the angler wants to catch.
The sinker or weight, also referred to as a plummet, is really only a weight that assists in casting the hook and the bait as far as possible from the shoreline or from the boat that the fisherman is using. They are usually made of lead because it is cheap and easy to melt at home. However, lead sinkers have been banned in some parts of the world, especially the very small ones, which are often called ’shot’. If ingested by birds or other fish, the lead, which is well-known to be poisonous, will cause the death of that animal.
Another basic piece of fishing equipment is the hook. This device meant for attaching the bait on the line and for hooking into the fish’s mouth. It is attached to the line and the angler can select from a pretty wide range of shapes, sizes and materials.
And last but far from least, is the bait or lure, without which the fishing equipment cannot be effective. A lure is a device tied at the end of the line that looks and moves something resembling the prey of the fish you are after. Its raison d’etre is to catch the attention of the fish with its colour and movement. Artificial flies, tiddlers and sand eels fall into this category. When the fish bites the lure, it becomes hooked.
On the other hand, bait is the item actually attached to the hook. Bait is basically of two types: animal or foodstuff: ‘animal’ referring to small fish or other water creatures, insects or crawlers and ‘foodstuff’ referring to human food like grains, such as hemp, bread or whatever else the fisherman thinks might attract the type of fish he’s going for.
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