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• Fly fishing is considered one of the oldest types of fishing ever to be employed by man in order to earn his meal. Initially it was used especially to catch salmon and trout but nowadays it is also a basic method of catching bass, pike, carp and other fish that live in the oceans. The term actually comes from the word fly that refers to the fisherman’s lure consisting of a hook decorated to look like an insect for the purpose of attracting the fish.
• Are you the energetic type of person who relaxes by getting physical? If your idea of relaxation involves being around water and getting part to minimum leisure activities then, you become the perfect candidate for a fishing trip, whether on a river or at sea. Whether you want to travel alone, with your family or with a bigger group of friends, fishing trips are among the best choices for a successful vacation which combines relaxation and rest with fun and physical activity. If you decide for fishing trips, I can assure you that at the end you will have no regrets and you will feel eager to repeat the experience on the next occasion.
• Among the most popular leisure time activities there comes fishing. Why is it so loved by people all over the world? Is it because when you go fishing you go away from the maddening civilized city life and get a chance to finally relax? Probably this is the main reason for this activity’s popularity. Anyway, in spite of the relaxation fishing undoubtedly provides, it can also give you a hard time especially if you are keen on doing it properly and with some satisfying results too. Therefore, besides the right fishing equipment, you might also need a fishing tip from time to time. Depending on the kind of information you are interested in, you will be able to find the longed for fishing tip either from your friends that share your hobby or from fishing books.
• A fishing reel is a device which is used in order to deploy and then retrieve the fishing line, using a spool mounted on an axle. Used traditionally in angling, a recreational sport, the fishing reel is most often used together with the fishing rod. However, there are specialized reels which are mounted directly to the boat gunwales or transoms. In case you are interested in this kind of information, we should mention that the earliest use of a fishing reel occurred sometime around the year 1190 AD. Actually there is an illustration of the use of this device in a Chinese painting and mentions of this piece of fishing equipment were made in Chinese records beginning about 1195 AD. As far as the invention of the fishing reel in America is concerned, Kentucky native George Snyder is the one who gets the credit for it.
• Ice fishing is carried out on a frozen body of water. The fishermen may use either fishing lines or spears and they have to make a hole in the body of ice in order to gain access to the unfrozen water underneath the ice. They may sit on a stool in the open air on the ice near the opening through which they get their fish; some fishermen have made this activity even more pleasurable as they have built cabins of wood around the opening which are heated and equipped with bunk beds so that they could also take a bit of rest.

Lend-Lease Act: was signed into law by FDR, providing aid in the form of equipment, food and weapons to the Allies during WWII (1941)

Lend-Lease Act: was signed into law by FDR, providing aid in the form of equipment, food and weapons to the Allies during WWII (1941)