Every person in the state of North Carolina should be able to go down to the Neuse River and pull in a fish and bring it home to feed it to their family with the security that they're not poisoning somebody.
I can't take my grandchildren out fishing, because I am scared that if they pull in a fish, if they grab it off the line, if it happens to have some dispersant in it, it might affect their skin.
Out on the other side of the island, a few miles away, we find the fishermen working with beach nets: singing and hauling together on long lines to pull in a vast silvery bag of fish.
The type of reel you use is arguably more important than the rod -- a saltwater spinning reel is a good option, as long as it's sturdy enough to pull in a 20 to 25 pound fish.
WHAT YOU HEAR A full riverside vocabulary: running water, chirping birds, a reel being cast out and pulled in, a fish plopping, splashes that sound like an angler struggling with a catch.
"It's like pulling in a big fish.
After starting my tour at the Matadero, I met up with my wife, Jessie Sholl, in front of our hotel, the Tryp Gran Vía, one of the spots where Hemingway stayed (the second-floor breakfast room, named for the writer, displays photos of him in various acts of masculinity like firing a gun or pulling in a huge fish from a boat).
ILM's solution involved rigging the worm with fishing lines that were pulled in a choreographed fashion by multiple off-screen helpers to simulate the wrapping movement.
"Usually, you would pull in here, the fish, the minnows — a trout would be running behind a minnow," he said.
The thrill comes from outsmarting the bass and finally experiencing that adrenaline-pumping moment when the striper hits your lure — "It's like an explosion!" Mr. Fellini said — and you pull in your trophy fish, the one that gets your photograph published in the fishing magazines and on Web sites.
"Usually, you would pull in here, the fish, the minnows a trout would be running behind a minnow," he said.
