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.

Hook -

1. A curved piece of metal used to catch fish. 2. A clever advertisement to entice a fisherman to spend his life 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)

Line -

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

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.

Reel -

A weighted object that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.

Rod -

An attractively painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close to a fish.

School -

A grouping in which fish are taught to avoid your $29.99 lures and hold out for Spam instead.

Tackle -

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

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.

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.