Some Fishing Terms

[denjac]

Hook- A curved piece of metal used to catch fish. (2) The punch administered by said fishermans wife after he spent ther life savings on fishing gear.

Line- Something you give your co-workers when they ask how your fishing went the past weekend.

Reel - A weighed object that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.

Rod - An attractively painted lenght of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting to close to a fish.

Tackle - What your last catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he wrestled free and jumped back overboard.

Test - The amount of strenght a fishing line affords an angler when fighting fish in a specific weight range. (2) A measure of your creativity in blaming "' that darn line" for once again losing the fish.