Fishing, also called angling, the sport of catching fish, freshwater or saltwater, typically with rod, line and hook. Like huntng, fishing originated as a means of providing food for survival. Fishing as a sport, however, is of considerable antiquity. An Egyptian angling scene from about 2000 BCE shows figures fishing with rod and line with nets....References to fishing are also found in ancient Greek, Assyrian, Roman, and Jewish writings.
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. The problems of the modern angler fundamentally remain the same as those of every angler who came before: where to find and fish and how to best tempt them into being taken. The angler must understand wind and weather, the nature of the quarry, and the ways of the water. Continue reading from Brittanica
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