Fishing

You fish with a line. As for corks, I'm not a fisherman / woman, but I believe this is called a "float".

hope this helps

abbie

Thanks, Abbie!

If you have hours to spare, here's a variety of fishing vocabulary to absorb:

rod, flyrod, reel, line, hook, tackle, lure, fly, fly box, tackle box, bait, bob, float, bob float, bobber, cork, slip bobber, sinker, swimming plug, popping plug, hook, gaff, spinner blades, flutter spoons, and many more!

CJ

These two will do, Jim, Many thanks!!! But what's the difference between "sinker" and "float"?
Apart from the fact that one is obviously made to sink and the other to float?
And what do you say when you feel the fish has bitten? I have to translate "ferrer un poisson"(I guess that's what "ferrer" means...)

Again, not a fishing person, but I believe that you can say things like "the fish took the bait", " the fisherman hooked a fish" "the fisherman got a bite" and I think "the fish bit". Sure there are some more fishing people out there who are more knowledgeable

No, "ferrer" is an action the fisherman does. It's a bit like "catch", I think, but then again, I know nothing about fishing, neither in French nor in english!

I may be completely off track here. I looked up 'ferrer' and found a definition referring to shoes / shoeing. If this is correct, I wonder if "ferrer" is almost a slang expression, in which case "he hooked a fish" or "he netted a fish" might be appropriate.

"ferrer un poisson" means "to HOOK a fish".

"Hook a fish" is what I was looking for!
Thanks Abbie and Mr Cooper!