Fishing represents a relaxing, time-honoured way to spend a morning or late evening on or alongside a body of water. Of course, this placid view of the activity comes from a type of hindsight. Getting started in fishing, like most hobbies, takes a period of frustration, struggle, and learning. Mistakes in which rod to use for what fish and which tackle works to which serve primarily ornamental or niche purposes hurts the wallet but not much else. Learning how to tie a fish hook, on the other hand, is essential...