Angling
Fishing with a rod, line and hook, for food or for sport; fly fishing uses a light, feathered lure cast on a heavy line.
Also: recreational fishing, sport fishing, fly fishing
Angling means fishing with a hook, usually on a rod and line. Sport anglers fish for the challenge of catching hard-fighting or wary fish, such as mahseer in the rivers of India, trout and salmon, bass, tarpon, marlin and giant trevally. In fly fishing the angler casts an almost weightless artificial fly by the weight of the line itself, a method much used for trout and salmon. Recreational fishing is a large industry in many countries and can put real pressure on some stocks, so rules set seasons, bag limits and minimum sizes.