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a circle of rope that turns hoping into fishing.
means a weighted circular net thrown by hand to trap fish beneath it as it sinks and closes.
from used for millennia across Mediterranean, African, and Asian coastal cultures; the throw itself is an inherited skill, spun open by wrist and momentum so the net blooms into a full circle before it hits water.
weighted rimlead weights sink the edges first, trapping fish
skill-based throwa bad spin means an empty, tangled net
ancient tooldepicted in egyptian tomb paintings thousands of years old