Why are fishermen called “sticks”?

[Darth-Baiter]

I am at a loss. 

[jimmyjoe]

   Pejorative term for rods, maybe?                  jj

[jbsoonerfan]

Better than Hammer

[ironbjorn]

Same with pool players. "He's a good stick." It's because of the tool: in the case of fishing, a rod; in the case of pool, a cue.

[WRB]

It’s a term of of accomplishment “he is a good stick”.

Racing the term good “shoe” meaning fearless driver that doesn’t lift his foot off the throttle.

Tom

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[Big Hands]

Doyle Harkavy, is that you?

 

I wonder how actual sticks feel about being equated with anglers?

 

Next time I catch a tree pounder, I'll ask.

[fishwizzard]

The shooters in english style driven hunts were/are called "guns", so it might be a riff on that.  

[diehardbassfishing]

In tennis - wait for it, wait for it...

 

A Racquet!

 

 

Karl

[Hammer 4]

Really good golfers are also called sticks. See the correlation there..? 

[Deleted account]

Sharp was the term we used for guys in the know, much like being "In" was used elsewhere. A stick has been a rod for as long as I can remember. As a kid I always dreamed of my first surf custom stick.

7 hours ago, diehardbassfishing said:

In tennis - wait for it, wait for it...

 

A Racquet!

 

 

Karl

A lot of the pros refer to their rackets as paddles. 

[Jigfishn10]

2 minutes ago, BassWhole! said:

Sharp was the term we used for guys in the know, much like being "In" was used elsewhere. A stick has been a rod for as long as I can remember. As a kid I always dreamed of my first surf custom stick.

What's your schtick? ?

[Deleted account]

8 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

The shooters in english style driven hunts were/are called "guns", so it might be a riff on that.  

So a Fox spinner then...

[Choporoz]

And the mechanic got mad when I called him a 'Tool'....I was just trying to be complimentary 

[12poundbass]

5 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

And the mechanic got mad when I called him a 'Tool'....I was just trying to be complimentary 

[Michigander]

Because 'hooker' was already taken by another profession.

[Jigfishn10]

8 minutes ago, Michigander said:

Because 'hooker' was already taken by another profession.

Looks like the best answer so far!!

[Jig Man]

We categorize sticks by level around here, ranging from good to poor.

[DitchPanda]

I've run into a few guys in my travels I'd call sticks. Well usually they are jerks so a more accurate description would be stick...just drop the st and add a d.

[J Francho]

16 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

just drop the st and add a d.

Just add an L and an E, and you have LOVE.

 

12 hours ago, ironbjorn said:

Same with pool players. "He's a good stick." It's because of the tool: in the case of fishing, a rod; in the case of pool, a cue.

I always took this as the meaning.

[ajschn06]

I have many more questions about the term "Angler" than I do sticks.  At least sticks makes sense...

[Catt]

Why are fishermen called “sticks”?

 

Cause I'll beat ya with a stick if I catch ya fishing my water!

[J Francho]

12 minutes ago, ajschn06 said:

I have many more questions about the term "Angler" than I do sticks.  At least sticks makes sense...

Refers to the hook, which was called an angle.

[Columbia Craw]

That makes me an exception birds nest.

[ajschn06]

19 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Refers to the hook, which was called an angle.

Yep- I was right.  Sticks makes much more sense....

[J Francho]

Just now, ajschn06 said:

Yep- I was right.  Sticks makes much more sense....

Not much from the 1st century makes much sense.