Volume 9, Issue 1

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fishing area. The term is sometimes used rather loosely, but in most areas, to be classified as a lodge rather than a motel, an establishment must meet certain criteria: it must possess 90 percent of the National Geographics published between 1955 and 1970; it must have a black-and-white television set manufactured prior to 1965; it must have no more than six items on its menu at any one time—and one of them must be corned beef hash; it must have a sign reading We Aim To Please, You Aim Too, Please prominently posted in the downstairs men’s room and a copy of “The Angler’s Prayer” displayed in the main hallway;  ………..………….etc.

 

Note: Reprinted for your pleasure from “Fishing, and Angler’s Dictionary” by Henry Beard & Roy McKie, Workman Publishing, New York, 1983.

License - Permit issued upon payment of a modest fee that allows fisherman to lose lures in a specified area.

 

Lie - 1. A place in a stream, river, or lake where fish lurk. 2. Any simple declarative statement made by an angler about the location of such a place; or the number, size, and type of fish observed there; or the circumstances under which one or more of them escaped capture.

 

Limit - Maximum number of a particular fish that an angler can take in a day. This number varies from place to place and species to species, but like the speed of light, it is a largely theoretical restriction with little practical application.

 

Line - Length of filament stretched between two fishing rods and joined at its midpoint by a pair of linked hooks.

 

Lodge - Overnight accommodation on