fishing line
Noun
Meaning
a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached
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A clip called a "line release" attaches the fishing line to the weight, and the bait or lure is attached to the release.
A duck with a hook in his throat and fishing line hanging out of his mouth has been rescued by the RSPCA.
Both stitches are done using either fishing line or nylon thread.
Be sure to put unwanted fishing line is the recycle bins or trash receptacles.
Discarded fishing line can also present an entanglement risk and contact can result in physical injury, reduced mobility or drowning.
Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Britain shared photos from the rescue of a herring gull that became tangled in some fishing line that got caught on some cables on a rooftop.