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Also Known As sportfishing • sport fishing • angling

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Bass fishing in Charles county, Md.
Examples of two types of fishing reels: bait casting (left) and fly.
Fly-fishing lures.
Examples of two types of fishing reels: spinning (left) and trolling.
bluefish
Experience game fishing off the coast of Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Learn about the contrasting ideas of size-selective fishing and balanced harvesting of fish to ensure adequate supply for future generations
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Izaak Walton, detail of an oil painting by Jacob Huysmans, c. 1675; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Izaak Walton
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Dame Juliana Berners
English prioress