Hard Fishing Trivia Quiz Questions
The earliest English essay on recreational
fishing was published in 1496, by whom?
A: Dame Juliana Berners, the prioress of the
Benedictine Sopwell Nunnery.
Compleat Angler was written by Izaak Walton in
what year?
A: 1653.
It was a celebration of the art and spirit of
fishing in what?
A: Prose and verse.
The commercialization of the fishing industry
came at a time of expanded interest in fishing
as a recreational hobby for whom?
A: Members of the aristocracy.
The impact of the Industrial Revolution was
first felt in the manufacture of what fishing
equipment?
A: Fly lines.
British fly-fishing continued to develop in the
19th Century with the emergence of what?
A: Fly fishing clubs, along with the appearance
of several books on the subject of fly tying and
fly fishing techniques.
By the mid to late 19th century, expanding
leisure opportunities for the middle and lower
classes began to have its effect on what?
A: Fly fishing, which steadily grew in mass
appeal.
What did the expansion of the railway network in
Britain do for fishing?
A: It allowed the less affluent for the first
time to take weekend trips to go fishing.
The large rivers of Norway replete with large
stocks of salmon began to attract fishers from
where in large numbers in the middle of the
century?
A: England.
Jones's guide to Norway, and salmon-fisher's
pocket companion, published in 1848, was written
by whom?
A: Frederic Tolfrey and was a popular guide to
the country.
What was the predominant model of fishing real
in use during the latter part of the 18th
century in England?
A: The 'Nottingham reel'.
The reel was a wide drum which spooled out
freely, and was ideal for what?
A: Allowing the bait to drift along way out with
the current.
Geared multiplying reels never successfully
caught on in Britain, but had more success
where?
A: In the United States.
George Snyder of Kentucky modified similar
models into his what?
A: Bait-casting reel, the first American-made
design in 1810.
What kind of rods became the generally favored
option from the mid 19th century?
A: Bamboo.
George Cotton and his predecessors fished their
flies with long rods, and light lines allowing
the wind to do what?
A: Most of the work of getting the fly to the
fish.
Who designed and distributed a novel reel and
fly design in 1874?
A: Charles F. Orvis.
The reel was described by reel historian Jim
Brown as what?
A: The "benchmark of American reel design," and
the first fully modern fly reel.
What did Albert Illingworth, 1st Baron
Illingworth a textiles magnate, patent in 1905?
A: The modern form of fixed-spool spinning reel.
Because the line did not have to pull against a
rotating spool, what could be cast?
A: Much lighter lures than with conventional
reels.
According to the FAO, in 2004 there were how
many commercial fishing vessels?
A: Four million.
Unlike most commercial fishing vessels,
recreational fishing boats are often not what?
A: Dedicated just to fishing.
Larger boats, purpose-built with recreational
fishing in mind, usually have large what?
A: Open cockpits at the stern, designed for
convenient fishing.
Issues involved in the long term sustainability
of fishing include what?
A: Overfishing, by-catch, marine pollution,
environmental effects of fishing, climate change
and fish farming.