WELCOME TO THE CLUB henever you drop your hook into the water you add a line to the long story of fishing People have been fishing for thousands of years There have been a few changes Gear that was once handmade can now be bought Boats are now powered by engines Anglers can travel faster and farther out to sea But otherwise fishing has changed very little It is pretty much the same today as it was for the first people who put a worm on a hook Nor have the fish changed much Today’s fish are much like those that lived thousands of years ago And the fish closest to you are much like the fish thousands of miles away 9