When their plantation contracts expired many Japanese who had previously been skilled commercial fishermen in the coastal areas of Wakayama, Shizuoka, and Yamaguchi Prefectures remained in Hawaii and turned to the sea for a living. (Schug) Some local Japanese fishermen coined their own slang for throw nets, calling them nageami, a term derived from nageru, to throw, and ami, or net, while Hawaiians called them upena hoolei, nets are thrown like a lei. A poetic description of the nets circular shape in flight. (Clark) The early Japanese fishermen used throw nets and poles
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He snells the hook to 18 inches of 25-pound fluorocarbon, and ties the leader to a swivel
Dont worry if its not straight when you wrap it on
A seal (blue X) makes sure that no water is getting in through these openings