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Old Bones

It is believed that the first hooks used for fishing dates back to 30,000 B.C. Archaeologists have discovered barbed hooks made of bone, as well as wooden ones, in southern Europe.

Bone Streamer

We often think of streamer flies as a 'newish' type of lure, but did you know they have been around for over 250 years? In Sweden, Lapp fishermen used reindeer horn to fashion hooks using feathers. They were used to catch brown trout and salmon in rivers near the Artic Circle.

Old Rods and Lines

Fishing as we know it today (rod and line) dates back as early as 7000 years ago. The Egyptians used crude fishing rods with lines simply tied on the top of a poles, and used basic hooks probably made of bone. Egyptian paintings are the earliest example of fishing this way. The Greek Theocritus wrote the first article on fishing this way back in 300 B.C., but it was the Chinese in 200 B.C. that described a more sophisticated method using silk lines with metal hooks.