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  2. Fishing rod - Wikipedia

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    A collection of fishing rods A fly fishing rod Line guides on modern fishing rods Fishing with a fishing rod. A fishing rod or fishing pole is a long, thin rod used by anglers to catch fish by manipulating a line ending in a hook (formerly known as an angle, hence the term "angling").

  3. Fly fishing - Wikipedia

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    The rod will then start to unfurl and the tip of the rod will reach a high speed in the required direction. The high speed of the rod tip toward the target gives the impulse to make the cast, the abrupt stop and retreat of the rod tip is essential for the formation of a loop.

  4. Fishing reel - Wikipedia

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    The Art of Angling, first published in 1651, is the first English language book to cite the use of fishing reels. 'Nottingham' and 'Scarborough' reel designs. The first English book on fishing is "A Treatise of Fishing with an Angle" in 1496 (its spelling respective to the manner of the date is The Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle [7] ').

  5. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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    Drone fishing - Rod fishing assisted by a drone, the drone can be a flying type or underwater type, it can be remote controlled by a human, computer, AI or a combination of the three simultaneously. The drone is used to scout for fish via camera, carry the hook to a far off location, cast the hook, reel in the fish and return.

  6. Wikipedia:WikiProject Fishes - Wikipedia

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    WikiProject Fishes aims to help organise our rapidly growing collection of articles about fish taxa.Issues outside the scope of this WikiProject include fishkeeping (fish aquarium topics), fishing, fisheries, fish cuisine topics, fish farm topics, fish market topics, fish processing topics, fish product sales topics, fish products topics, and fish trap topics.

  7. Maximum operating depth - Wikipedia

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    The MOD is significant when planning dives using gases such as heliox, nitrox and trimix because the proportion of oxygen in the mix determines a maximum depth for breathing that gas at an acceptable risk. There is a risk of acute oxygen toxicity if the MOD is exceeded. [1] The tables below show MODs for a selection of oxygen mixes.

  8. Tenkara fishing - Wikipedia

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    Tenkara rod: A very long and flexible rod (usually telescopic) is used in tenkara fishing. The rods normally range from 3.3 to 4.5 metres (11 to 15 ft) long. 3.6 m (12 ft) is common. These rods were originally made of bamboo, but are nowadays made with carbon fibre and/or fibre glass. They also have a handle similar to fly-fishing rods that can ...

  9. Rod - Wikipedia

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    Rod (optical phenomenon), a photographic artifact claimed by some to be alien life; Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch; Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white) Real-time outbreak and disease surveillance (RODS) rod, ISO 639-3 code for the Rogo language of Nigeria