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2. Hook set - Wikipedia

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   Using barbed hooks can help more firmly securing the hookset, as the reverse barb point serves as an anchoring mini-hook to prevent the hook backing out of the fish's tissue. However, the barb also makes it hard to remove the hook without causing further (and often significant) lacerations to the surrounding tissue. In situations that warrant ...

3. O. Mustad & Son - Wikipedia

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   Mustad Fishing (O. Mustad & Søn A.S.) is a Norwegian company that manufactures and sells fishing tackle and accessories since 1877. The Mustad product range includes fish hooks , multifilament and monofilament fishing lines , fishing lures , fishing flies , fly hooks, terminal tackle and fishing apparel.

4. Fishing tackle - Wikipedia

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   Fishing tackle can be contrasted with fishing technique. Fishing tackle refers to the physical equipment that is used when fishing, whereas fishing technique refers to the manner in which the tackle is used. The term tackle, with the meaning "apparatus for fishing", has origins in the Netherlands from the late 14th century. [1] Fishing tackle ...

5. Catch and release - Wikipedia

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   Effective catch and release fishing techniques avoid excessive fish fighting and handling times by using sufficiently strong tackle and barbless hooks, avoid damage to fish skin, scale and slime layers from nets, dry hands and dry, hot or rough surfaces (that leave fish vulnerable to oomycete skin infections), and avoid damage to jaw ligaments ...

6. Fish hook - Wikipedia

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   Fish hooks are designed to hold various types of artificial, processed, dead or live baits (bait fishing); to act as the foundation for artificial representations of invertebrate prey (e.g. fly fishing); or to be attached to or integrated into other devices that mimic prey (lure fishing). In 2005, the fish hook was chosen by Forbes as one of ...

7. Angling - Wikipedia

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   The fish hook itself can be additionally weighted with a denser tackle called a sinker, and is typically dressed with an appetizing bait (i.e. hookbait) to attract and entice the fish into swallowing the hook, but sometimes an inedible fake/imitation bait with multiple attached hooks (known as a lure) is used instead of a single hook with ...