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Why do pike anglers use a wire leader?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What is the heaviest fish ever caught on rod and reel?

    Answer: Great white shark

    Why: Alfred Dean's 1959 record shark weighed 1,208 kg, about 400 kg more than the next heaviest record fish.

  2. 2 Medium

    Why were fly-tying feathers scarce in 2011?

    Answer: Feather extensions

    Why: In 2011 those feathers came from roosters bred on just three US farms, and each bird needed about a year to grow them.

  3. 3 Hard

    Who did Aelian describe fishing with artificial flies around 200 AD?

    Answer: Macedonians

    Why: The fly was crimson wool wound on a hook with two feathers taken from under a rooster's wattles.

  4. 4 Easy

    Which fishing style is the film A River Runs Through It about?

    Answer: Fly fishing

    Why: The story is set on the Blackfoot River, but the film was shot on other Montana rivers such as the Gallatin.

  5. 5 Medium

    What fishing line bends light almost the way water does?

    Answer: Fluorocarbon

    Why: Fluorocarbon's refractive index of about 1.42 sits close to water's 1.33, while nylon monofilament's is roughly 1.55.

  6. 6 Hard

    Who is credited with England's first printed book on angling?

    Answer: Juliana Berners

    Why: Her Treatyse was printed in 1496, about 150 years before Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler appeared.

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