The sports of fishing Fishing, or angling, is the sport of trying to catch fish with a rod, reel, line and baited hooks. The sport dates back thousands of years and it seems that fishing techniques were already quite advanced in very ancient times. In the Stone Age, hooks made of both bone and stone were used to catch fish, but the harpoon, a more primitive method, was probably equally common. An engraving from an ancient Egyptian tomb shows that all four methods of fishing, i.e. with spears, nets, rods and lines, were in use as early as 2000 BC. Even the ancient Greek poet Homer, writing around 800 BC, refers to the bronze hooks and horsehair lines used by fishermen. An ancient fish hook found in Britain is thought to date back to around 500 BC and was dug up from the River Thames in Essex (Jarman, 4). Fishing has been practiced for thousands of years and must incorporate three aspects: fishing tackle, style and location to achieve fishing success. For fishing you need to get the right equipment: a rod, bait and some other accessories. The fishing rod is the essential to start fishing. Although a fishing rod cannot be called a fishing pole unless there is a reel attached to the butt (handle), otherwise it is called a fishing rod. Most rods today are made of hollow or solid fiberglass (or graphite, sometimes called carbon). The pole is divided into three parts: the end, the middle and the tip, so they can be dismantled and transported very easily. From the butt, where the reel seat is attached, the rod tapers towards the reel seat. The beginner should consider a pole of the maximum length he can handle (Jarman, 41). I would suggest a beginner use a medium to stiff action p... middle of the paper... pike and catfish (Jarman, 30-36). Millions of people around the world have fallen for hook, line and platinum! Although it is popular today as a sport, it was once essential as a food source, and everyone from monks to poets have been drawn to its allure. Today, fishing techniques have come a long way from simple hook and line, and anglers now have a wide range of advanced equipment at their disposal. Bibliography: Bibliography Cederberg, Goran. The complete book of sport fishing. New York: Bonanza Books, 1988. “Fishing.” British. 1993 ed. "Fishing". Dorling Kindersley's fishing encyclopedia. 1994 ed.Jarman, Katherine. Freshwater fishing. New Jersey: Silver Burdett Press, 1988.Štochl, Sláva. The world of fishermen in images. New York: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1970.