Hi, my name is carpyness!

Hello @carpyness Very glad to meet you and bid you 'welcome on board' Regrettably, I too know next to nothing about fishing. I was introduced to it as a teenager some fifty years ago and gave up when my first fish proved to be 'foul hooked' (if that's the phrase) because the hook had somehow caught just behind the eye. Couldn't hack it after that
Happy to learn more about it from you, however, if you care to share.
Best
Richard