Hooksplained

HOOKSPLAINED

Everything on the bench. Every piece of gear Cap puts down, one list per episode. Same stuff we'd hand you at the shop.

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E01 Fishing line

Wait, these all go on the same reel?

E02 Hooks

Why are there twelve kinds of hook?

E03 One setup per fish

Next! What are you fishing for?

E04 Sinkers and weights

Why does a lump of lead need eight shapes?

E05 Lures

Wait, fish actually eat these?

E06 Rods

Wait, that one's two feet long and that one's twelve?

E07 Reels

Wait, these all do the same thing? That one has a button.

E08 Soft plastics

Wait, that's a bag of rubber. Fish fall for rubber?

E09 Floats and bobbers

A bobber is two dollars. Why is that one fourteen?

E10 Live bait

That's a cup of dirt. You paid for dirt?

E11 Swivels, snaps and leaders

Everything in this tray is smaller than my thumbnail.

E12 Soft plastic rigs

You tied the same worm on eight different ways.

E13 Topwater lures

Every lure here floats. How do you catch a fish on something that floats?

E14 Jigs

It's a hook with a lump of lead on it. Why are there eight?

E15 Fishing tools

You have more tools than a dentist. For fish?

E16 Flies

It's feathers on a hook. A dozen cost more than my rod.

E17 The catfish kit

All of this for a fish that eats garbage?

E18 The Aussie tackle box

Half my comments are from Australia and I can't read any of them.