The discovery of the world's oldest-known fishing hooks to be placed in a burial mound may end up rewriting the history of gender roles in Pleistocene-era Indonesia. The five hooks were found in a ...

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A reconstruction of a hook and small grooved pebble on a line. Note the sophisticated knot. (Emanuela Cristiani/Creative Commons) (CN) — A collection of 19 bone fish hooks and six grooved pebbles ...

You can fish with the best fishing reel, latest rod, and premium line, but none of them matter if you’re not using the right hook for the job. Those jobs, of course, range widely. The ideal hook for ...