Credits and licence

Photographs

These real equipment photographs are used under the individual licences listed below. They show examples of particular designs; they do not imply an endorsement by a photographer or manufacturer.

Web copies are resized and converted for display. Where teaching markers are added, the photo with those annotations remains under the photograph's licence, including the same ShareAlike licence where applicable.

To reuse a photograph, include its creator, source link, exact licence and a description of any changes. The separate licence for our diagrams does not replace these photo licences.

1. Fishing reel 2025 G1.jpg

   George Chernilevsky · CC BY 4.0

   Web copies are resized and converted; teaching markers, where shown, are added as an overlay.

   Original photograph

2. Fishing-spinning-reel.JPG

   Jonathan Ewen & Stephen Ewen · CC BY 3.0

   Web copies are resized and converted; teaching markers, where shown, are added as an overlay.

   Original photograph

3. Baitcaster.jpeg

   Xxrevsxx · CC BY-SA 3.0

   Web copies are resized and converted; teaching markers, where shown, are added as an overlay.

   Original photograph

4. Abu Garcia Ambassadeur baitcasting reel.jpg

   Petey21 · CC0 1.0

   Web copies are resized and converted; teaching markers, where shown, are added as an overlay.

   Original photograph

5. Abu Garcia Abumatic spincast reel.jpg

   Petey21 · CC0 1.0

   Web copies are resized and converted; teaching markers, where shown, are added as an overlay.

   Original photograph

6. 2000s Fladen Fishing Fly 6 fly fishing reel by Fladen Fishing AB Sweden.jpg

   R. Henrik Nilsson · CC BY 4.0

   Web copies are resized and converted.

   Original photograph

7. Fishing Reel.jpg

   Seabee314 · CC0 1.0

   Cropped from the 4000 × 3000 original to the reel and reel seat, leaving out trolling lures at the edges. Web copies are resized and converted.

   Original photograph

8. Teleskopangel.JPG

   StromBer · CC BY-SA 3.0

   Web copies are resized and converted.

   Original photograph

9. Reelseatimage.jpg

   Drakedm09 · CC BY-SA 4.0

   Web copies are resized and converted.

   Original photograph

10. 00 0335 Angling in the Netherlands.jpg

    W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Cropped from the 4500 × 3000 original to the rod against the sky, leaving out the angler, beach and sea. Web copies are resized and converted.

    Original photograph

11. Daiwa frearm 2500 1.jpg

    JaredMcKenzie · CC0 1.0

    Web copies are resized and converted.

    Original photograph

Diagrams

Every drawing on this site, including the plates, worksheets, lab frames, figure images, share cards and their image files, is licensed underCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You may copy, print, adapt and share them for any purpose, including in class materials and club handouts, as long as you give credit.

Credit line: Diagram: Tackle Anatomy (tackleanatomy.com), CC BY 4.0

The drawings are original, never traced from a maker's, retailer's or patent drawing.

Text

The written text is © Tackle Anatomy. Quote it with a link; please do not republish whole pages.

Typefaces

• Archivo, by Omnibus-Type, SIL Open Font License 1.1
• Instrument Sans, by Instrument, SIL Open Font License 1.1
• JetBrains Mono, by JetBrains, SIL Open Font License 1.1

Software

• Built with Astro and Tailwind CSS (MIT licence).
• The mechanism lab animates with GSAP by GreenSock, used under the GreenSock standard no-charge licence. GSAP is free to use on commercial sites; it is not open-source software.
• Hosted on Cloudflare.