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Catch and Release - A
conservation motion that happens most often right before the local Fish and
Game officer pulls over a boat that has caught over it's limit.
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Hook - (1) A curved
piece of metal used to catch fish. (2) A clever advertisement to entice a
fisherman to spend his live savings on a new rod and reel. (3) The punch
administered by said fisherman's wife after he spends their life savings (see
also, Right Hook, Left Hook).
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Line - Something you
give your co-workers when they ask on Monday how your fishing went the past
weekend.
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Lure - An object that
is semi-enticing to fish, but will drive an angler into such a frenzy that he
will charge his credit card to the limit before exiting the tackle shop.
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Reel - A weighted
object that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.
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Rod - An attractively
painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close
to a fish.
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School - A grouping in
which fish are taught to avoid your $29.99 lures and hold out for spam
instead.
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Tackle - What your last
catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he wrestled free and
jumped back overboard.
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Tackle Box - A box
shaped alarmingly like your comprehensive first aid kit. Only a tackle box
contains many sharp objects, so that when you reach in the wrong box blindly
to get a Band Aid, you soon find that you need more than one.
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Test - (1) The amount
of strength 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.