We visited two shops (Hong Guan Pro Fishing and Joe's Fishing Tackle), 'fessed up to being utter beginners in fishing and got some help selecting what we needed.
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| Our haul today. |
We felt like fish out of water there - pun wholly intended - and really unschooled. The customers there were mostly middle-aged, and browsing among a staggering array of arcane-looking doo-dads. Baits that claim to be able to change colour, baits that looked like real frogs, fish and squid; there were also rods, reels, ice boxes, frozen bait... you name it.
C showed us some photos of his colleague M, who has just returned from one of his angling pilgrimages in New Zealand. His catches are a metre long, and his photos are all captioned with technical information on the kind of rod and reel he used.
We have so much more to learn, though C and I believe we won't go far beyond the "fishing for fun" phase. It just adds a dimension to our times on the boat, and there's the promise of grilling something we caught.
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