Word: tackleist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tackleists & Anglers. Ever since the day some 4,000 years ago, when the Egyptians found out that a stick with a piece of string on it makes a good fishing device, anglers have-been passionately perfecting their sport. Like latter-day bullfighters who prefer cape work to killing, many place more emphasis on form and finesse in handling tackle than on catching fish. When a sportsman goes this far, Fishing warns its readers, "he becomes a 'tackleist' instead of an angler . . . and tackle manipulation overshadows the true goal of using fishing equipment," i.e., fish in the creel...
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