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  2. Fly fishing - Wikipedia

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    A beginner need simply to point the rod at the fly, lifting the rod in the event of a strike. This is a "downstream technique" where the angler moves in a downstream direction. More advanced techniques make use of a highly visible strike indicator attached to the leader above the sinking fly.

  3. Whipple Cast and Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge

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    At the ends the verticals are four 2-inch (51 mm) rods. Rods 7 ⁄ 8 of an inch wide (21.2 mm) form the diagonals, double in each panel, [4] bracing the bridge against wind. [2] Latitudinal and longitudinal I-beams supported by the bottom chords provide a deck frame. They are trussed with two 7 ⁄ 8-inch wrought

  4. 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").

  5. Fish farming - Wikipedia

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    The amount of organic waste produced by fish farms is also alarming. A salmon farm in Scotland, for instance, is estimated to produce as much organic waste as equivalent to a town of people between 10,000 and 20,000 people each year. [29] Today 50% of the world's seafood is farm-raised. [30]

  6. Rod (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    In cryptozoology and ufology, "rods" (also known as "skyfish", "air rods", or "solar entities") are elongated visual artifacts appearing in photographic images and video recordings. Most optical analyses to date have concluded that the images are insects moving across the frame as the photo is being captured, although cryptozoologists and ...

  7. Bait fish - Wikipedia

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    There is a bait fish industry in North America, supplying mainly recreational fishermen, worth up to one billion dollars each year. [1] For the southern United States alone Mittelmark et al. 1993 reports this was $56 million in 1987. [2]

  8. Cod - Wikipedia

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    Cod (pl.: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae. [1] Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus Gadus is commonly not called cod (Alaska pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus).

  9. Chess960 - Wikipedia

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    Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position of the pieces on the back rank. It was introduced by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1996 to reduce the emphasis on opening preparation and to encourage creativity in play.