fishing tackle

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noun

all the equipment, such as rods, lines, bait, etc, used in angling

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Words nearby fishing tackle

fishing expedition, fishing ground, fishing pole, fishing rod, fishing smack, fishing tackle, fishing trip, fishing worm, fish in troubled waters, fish joint, fishkill

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How to use fishing tackle in a sentence

Like his old man, he keeps it reined in, but when talking about fishing, a true regret seeps out.
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You will find one of the best places on earth to go salmon fishing.
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But fishing for rationale in harassment is almost always a waste of time.
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Sargent said they went skiing in Vail and fishing in Cabo but also talked business.
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But as it takes away the safety net, their corpses wind up in fishing nets.
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This intimacy arose partly from association while fishing for Cod, which abound in these waters, and partly from trading in furs.
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He knows the whole piano literature, and is continually fishing up some new or old pearl or other to surprise one with.
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Alila has still another way of fishing which is not as hard work as diving, though, after all, it is not much fun.
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So we held council of war with Piegan, after which we saddled up and made ready to tackle the soaked prairies.
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“I shall tackle that difficulty about this hour to-morrow,” he communed, with a laugh at his own expense.
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