Marle 20-9 2009 Late roman event. (France)

[Bran ap Maclou]

Fishing the hard way with an historical line ! Great game ! A brass hook, a linen line and a lead, nothing more. I used a bit of bread as bait. First it was mainly a stupid challenge. I bet that I would fish into the river along the old mill which is now the museum. I did it and finally a fish was suicidal enough to get caught.

As you can see, I was really proud but also a bit surprised. If I can find some more information about roman fishing I'll try bigger predators like eels or Esox lucius...

To be honest, my line is not proved to be fully historical. I just took brass number 8 fishooks similar to ones found near roman villas in the Saône river with similar hammered long lead. For the threads I know that linen was used in Roman times and the first fishing manual from England 1515 recomend it.

Bye !

Greg