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  2. Payao (fishing) - Wikipedia

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    While payao fishing is sustainable on a small scale, the large scale, modern applications have been linked to adverse impacts on fish stocks. Payaos have been introduced to fishermen in Vietnam , Thailand (where it is known as sung ), and various countries in Oceania (including the Federated States of Micronesia , Fiji , Papua New Guinea , and ...

  3. Fly line - Wikipedia

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    Fly line is a fishing line used by fly anglers to cast artificial flies using a fly rod.Fly lines evolved from horsehair lines described by Izaak Walton in The Compleat Angler (1653) through the use of silk, braided synthetics to the modern-day plastic-coated lines.

  4. Fishing line - Wikipedia

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    Fishing line with hooks attached. A fishing line is any flexible, high-tensile cord used in angling to tether and pull in fish, in conjunction with at least one hook.Fishing lines are usually pulled by and stored in a reel, but can also be retrieved by hand, with a fixed attachment to the end of a rod, or via a motorized trolling outrigger.

  5. Fly tying - Wikipedia

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    Fly patterns may or may not have an image or drawing of the finished fly to guide the tyer. Historically, fly patterns have been included in texts that discuss fishing with a particular genre of fly, fly-fishing technique or fly-fishing for specific species or genre of gamefish. There are, however, texts that are pure fly pattern and tying ...

  6. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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    Angling with fishing rods give more control of the fishing line, and allows the bait/lure to be launched much farther than hand-throwing can reach. The rod is usually fitted with a fishing reel which functions as a mechanism for storing, retrieving and paying out the line. Floats may also be used, and can function as bite indicators. The hook ...

  7. Traditional fishing boat - Wikipedia

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    Artisan fishing is small-scale commercial or subsistence fishing, particularly practices involving coastal or island ethnic groups using traditional fishing techniques and traditional boats. This may also include heritage groups involved in customary fishing practices.

  8. Outline of fishing - Wikipedia

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    Dropline – A dropline is a commercial fishing device, consisting of a long fishing line set vertically down into the water, with a series of fishing hooks attached to snoods. Trotline – A trotline is a heavy fishing line with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods. [9]

  9. Trotline - Wikipedia

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    A trotline is a heavy fishing line with shorter, baited branch lines commonly referred to as snoods suspending down at intervals using clips or swivels, with a hook at the free end of each snood. Trotlines are used in commercial angling and can be set up across a channel , river , or stream to cover an entire span of water.