Description: | Fishing equipment is called fishing tackle by fishing aficionados and it generally includes to rods, lines, hooks, sinkers, spears, lures, bait, reels, nets, and so on. The fishing gear that is attached at the end of a line is called the terminal tackle The word tackle referring to fishing apparatus comes from 'takel' which initially meant the rigging on a ship, that is, the gear consisting of ropes supporting a ship's masts and sails. |