Fishing equipment is called fishing tackle by fishing aficionados and it generally refers to rods, lines, hooks, sinkers, spears, lures, bait, reels, nets, and et cetera. The fishing gear that is attached at the end of a line is referred to as the terminal tackle

The word tackle when it refers to fishing equipment comes from ‘takel’ which first meant the rigging on a ship, that is, the equipment consisting of ropes supporting a ship’s masts and sails. Later, the same word was recorded as having a another meaning, that of equipment for fishing and that meaning has been preserved ever since then.

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