HISTORY of FISHING
Today, despite increased human populations creating a great number of demands on rivers and lakes, fishing for sport remains one of the most popular forms of outdoor recreation in the world.
Fishing sometimes angling is the sport of caching fish,in fresh or saltwater,topically with a rod,line,& hook.Fishing like hunting is to provide food.
The predecessor of the fish hook one of mankind's earliest tools,a gorge:a piece of bone,wood ,or stone,at least an inch in length,pointed at both ends,& secured off center.
The history of angling is a large part the of our history,tackle, as the equipment for fishing is called
With the advent of the use of copper and bronze, a hook was one of the first tools made from metal.
For over a thousand years, the fishing rod remained short, not more than a few feet (a metre or so) in length.
The first period of great improvement came in about the mid-17th century, when Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton were writing a classic The Complete Angler (1653).
Experiments with material for the line led to the use of gut string (mentioned by the diarist Samuel Pepys in 1667) and of a lute string (by Col. Robert Venables in 1676)
In the beginning of the 20th century, rods became shorter and lighter,yet still had great strength.
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