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tackle (n.)

c.1250, "apparatus, gear," from M.Du. or M.L.G. takel "the rigging of a ship," perhaps related to M.Du. taken "grasp, seize" (see take), or perhaps from root of tack (1). Meaning "apparatus for fishing" is recorded from 1398. The noun meaning "act of tackling" in the sporting sense is recorded from 1876 (see tackle (v.)); as the name of a position in Amer. football, it is recorded from 1891. Tackle. (n.d.). Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved July 11, 2007, from Dictionary.com website



Almost any of the equipment or gear used by fisherman in the direct process of fishing for and catching Fish can be referred to as fishing tackle. Gear that is generally attached to the end of the fishing line such as hooks, leaders, swivels and snaps are called ''terminal tackle''.

Examples of fishing tackle include (but are not limited to) Hooks , Lures , Bait , Sinkers Or Weights , Leaders , Lines , Rods , Reels , Nets and Trawls , Downriggers , Outriggers , Gaffs , Harpoons , Swivels , snaps, & clevises, Floats , Traps , etc.


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