• Friday, September 30th, 2011
Question by jgrino72: Exactly where did the name fishing tackle come from?
Why is named ” Tackle ”
Where and when did the term originate ?
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Answer by Robert John
A mister George Tackle, upon the very first he wanted to go fishing, bought some fish hooks & named the equipment following himself
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Category: Fishing
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Tackle is “a set of equipment used in a particular activity”.
The origin of the word is a 13th century Middle English word “takel” (which is akin to an identical Middle Dutch word) meaning “a ship’s rigging”.