What's in a name?*NM*

[kopper_bass]

While fishing this weekend, and NOT catching fish on New Melones (anyone who has help, please PM me ), i had time to think about a lot of things.


One of topics that raced thru my head was "where did some of these names/terminology come from for fishing?"

Now we all know that some of the baits from Reaction Innovations have some implied names, but some of these basic ones i really dont know.

Do you know where these names came from?

1 - ANGLER (i know who/what it is, but why are we called this?)

2 - SPOOKS (why the name for this bait? PLEASE no bad stuff).

3 - Walk the Dog (a dog doesnt walk like this?)

4 - Dead Stick ( vs. what a live stick?)

If you think you got answers, let us all know!

Kopper_Bass

[tunaman]

Do you know where these names came from?

1 - ANGLER (i know who/what it is, but why are we called this?)

That's easy... an ANGLER is one who ANGLES! Silly wabbit!!!

To ANGLE is to fish with a hook:
To angle, meaning to fish, comes from a Middle English noun "angel" (pronounced to rhyme with dangle), which simply means a fish-hook.

Next???

Roger

[mark poulson]

I think I heard dead stick first from one of my exwives.

[Cooch]

3 - Walk the Dog (a dog doesnt walk like this?)
Kopper_Bass

Evidently you've never owned a Chihuahua or Jack Russel! HAR!

[CharlieS.]

I think I heard dead stick first from one of my exwives.

You must be special -I heard alot worse .

[Phil]

3 - Walk the Dog (a dog doesnt walk like this?)
Kopper_Bass

Evidently you've never owned a Chihuahua or Jack Russel! HAR!

or a Aussie which I own !!!

[mvanguilder]

"A Brief History of Angling"

Angling is the technique of catching fish using a rod and line; it is
called "angling" because of the angle formed by the two.

Ancient pictographs dating from about 2000 B.C. indicate that the
first known anglers were the Egyptians. A drawing dating from c. 1400
B.C., which depicts an Egyptian noble angling in an elegant pond,
suggests they were also the first culture which enjoyed it as a sport.
The Greeks, who wrote avidly on fishing, discuss the sport of angling
in greater detail, and provide some of the earliest amounts of the
equipment used. The Romans, by contrast, did not seem to hold the
sport in very high regard, since there is mention that it was an
activity for women and not a fitting sport for men.

It's because the angler angles. To angle, meaning to fish, comes
from a Middle English noun "angel" (pronounced to rhyme with dangle),
which simply means a fish-hook.

Mike
www.fishwrangler.net
www.berserkbaits.com
www.baitbarn.net

[ash]

How the Zara Spook got its Name

Zara_spook


This news is not of the fly variety, but once again the Chum is As Nasty as it Wants to Be (how could we pass up an opportunity to honor The 2 Live Crew ).

The original wood version, the Zaragossa, was made in the 1920s for fishing in Florida. After watching a prototype lure zigzag across the water in a test tank, a Heddon worker remarked that it wiggled its butt just like the hookers on Zaragoza Street in Panama City. VIA the Rutland Herald Link


How the Spook got its name

September 17, 2006

By ERIC SHARP Detroit Free Press

DOWAGIAC, Mich. — Almost every serious angler knows about the Heddon Zara Spook, one of the top-10 artificial lures of all time and still a standby after 80 years. But did you ever wonder how it got its name?

The original wood version, the Zaragossa, was made in the 1920s for fishing in Florida. After watching a prototype lure zigzag across the water in a test tank, a Heddon worker remarked that it wiggled its butt just like the hookers on Zaragoza Street in Panama City.

The misspelled name stuck, and when the plastic version came out a few years later, workers dubbed it the Spook because they thought it looked ghostly when light shone through its translucent body.

[Marc]

And the reference to "walk the dog" is comparing the action of the lure to the wagging tail of a dog when you walk it.

ciao,
Marc

[Marc]

Of course "Dead Sticking" refers to not imparting action with your rod (stick), as opposed to manipulating a lure to impart action by utilizing the rod; i.e. a jerkbait gets its action by having a lively rod action. Dead Stick does not have any special meaning or history that I have ever heard other than being an accurate description of a technique.

ciao,
Marc

[Norv]

Perhaps we can make up a special meaning or fabricate some history regarding how “Dead Stickingâ€

[Stratos278]

[quote="Norv"]Perhaps we can make up a special meaning or fabricate some history regarding how “Dead Stickingâ€

[kopper_bass]

I like it Norv! ......... maybe you can put it all down on paper and make it into a children's book .....hmmm !

Kopper_Bass

[kopper_bass]

Ash,
Awesome research and reply. After reading it, i do believe that i heard that story told before, so its got to be true!

Thanks again,

Kopper_Bass

[ash]

yeah when I found that I was laughing my azz off too funny!