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Fishing Guide
General Information
You need to find insects to build a lure to fish.
Three skills are necessary:
- Fly Fishing from the School of Body to build the fly fishing rod (a rod is given to you upon learning the skill
- Arthropodology from the School of Worship to find insects while doing random activities in game
- Fly Tying from the School of Worship to build the lure
Making a lure requires an insect, 2 Thread, and 1 Thorn. It is built by going to the Skills menu and clicking Fly Tying.
Skill Costs
| Skill | School | Degree | Level to learn | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly Fishing | Body | First | 1 | 16 Thread, 1 Sharpened Stick |
| Arthropodology | Worship | First | 2 | 100 Dirt |
| Second | 5 | 200 Tadpoles | ||
| Third | 8 | 300 Beeswax | ||
| Fly Tying | Worship | First | 3 | 100 Thread, 25 Thorns |
| Second | 6 | 7 Footworm, 7 Corkscrew Asp, 7 Spittlebug, 7 Woodmoth, 7 Feather Midge, 7 White Sawfly, 7 Wooly Aphid | ||
| Third | ? | 14 Bristleworm, 14 Blister Beetle, 14 Orchid Hopper, 14 Snowberry Butterfly, 14 Desert Millipede, 14 Slime Moth, 14 Skinlicker | ||
| Filleting | Worship | First | 3 | 7 Knife Blade, 7 Phagrus Meat, 20 Common Basil |
| Second | ? | 3 Sharp Edged Blade, 14 Oxyrynchus Meat, 25 Salt, 77 Glass Jars |
NOTE: I got a different set of insect requirements for Fly Tying 2nd Level: 7 Nippleworm, 7 Pickel Slug, 7 Leafhopper, 7 Fruit Maggot, 7 Wolly Aphid, 7 Slime Moth, 7 Rose Mite. Requirements might be random within a group of insects. --drexen
Insects
There are rumored to be 49 different species of Insects, split into 7 different classes.
- Ash centipede
- Blister Beetle
- Bloodworm
- Bristleworm
- Clay Slug
- Corkscrew Asp
- Desert Millipede
- Dew Fly
- Feather Midge
- Footworm
- Fruit Maggot
- Glass Worm
- Golden Asp
- Grass Slug
- Hairy Slug
- Honey Fly
- Horned Hookworm
- Leaf Hopper
- Mud Asp
- Needleworm
- Nippleworm
- Orchid Hopper
- Oyster Mite
- Pickel Slug
- Queen Maggot
- Red Cricket
- Ringed Wasp
- Rose Mite
- Ruby Hornborrer
- Salt Mite
- Sand Mite
- Skinlicker
- Slime Moth
- Snowberry Butterfly
- Spittlebug
- Stonefly
- White Mealybug
- White Sawfly
- Woodmoth
- Woolly Aphid
With the Arthropodology skill, can find insects while: Water mining, picking papyrus, collecting wood, thorns, slate, mud, dirt, harvesting flax, diving for pearls, carving wood, foraging, slaughtering sheep
Achievements
- Found all 7 Tree Dwelling insects.--merek
- Found all 7 Ground Dwelling insects.--meriamon
- Found all 7 Water Dwelling Insects. -- NecasT
Notes
Some experiences (from Detour):
I went out fishing with 2 Red cricket (Fresh) lures. Hopped to about 6 different locations and cast about 10 times before losing both lures with no fish caught. I was getting the messages, "No fish bit. Try different lures and locations," or, "No fish bit. You also lost your lure. Try different lures and locations."
Next I used a Woodmoth (Fresh) lure. I caught 3 fish before losing it. They were 7, 6, and 6 deben Malapterurus. I was standing at 777, -1428 at around 6:26 AM game time. I lost the lure on the same cast as catching a fish and didn't get a notice about it. It just disappeared from my inventory.
Finally, I used a Wooly aphid (Fresh) lure. I got to cast it about 3 times from different locations before I lost it with no fish caught.
Amora: I caught a 1db Pancake Loach with a pickel slug lure at 8:08 a.m. and the next cast with the same lure told me to try different lures or locations. This tells me when we get the message "try a different lure/location" that it might not mean a fail. I will need to keep trying 5-10 times? Also, at the same spot (9:32 a.m.), I tried again with the same lure 7 more times, fail. Time of day still a factor?
Kaayru: I was fishing at a small pond in Sterope (1626 -697) at 1:25pm. Got the message "You almost caught an unusual fish, but you were not quick enough." - Is speed a factor?
tehm: there is also a "You almost caught an odd fish, but were too late recognizing the bite" message. I tried Grilled Garlic (+foc)- no observable change. Next tried Grilled Carrots (+per) and was still getting the message. Maybe "recognizing" means "snaring" rather than "identifying" and Dex or Speed is needed to "recognize"?
Which lure for which fish
| Lure Type | Time of Day | Fish Caught |
| Blister Beetle (Fresh) | unknown | Hylian Loach |
| Bloodworm (Fresh) | unknown | River Crab |
| Footworm (Fresh) | unknown | Catfish |
| Fruit Maggot (Fresh) | unknown | White Oniontail |
| Glass Worm (Fresh) | unknown | Pancake Loach |
| Glass Worm (Fresh) | unknown | Catfish |
| Glass Worm (Fresh) | 1:10p | Tigerfish |
| Grass Slug (Fresh) | unknown | Hylian Loach |
| Grass Slug (Fresh) | unknown | River Crab |
| Honey Fly (Fresh) | unknown | Ayu |
| Mud Asp (Fresh) | unknown | Moonfish |
| Mud Asp (Fresh) | unknown | Catfish |
| Nippleworm (Fresh) | unknown | Catfish |
| Orchid Hopper (Fresh) | unknown | Bay Lobster |
| Orchid Hopper (Fresh) | unknown | River Crab |
| Oyster Mite (Fresh) | unknown | Hylian Loach |
| Oyster Mite (Fresh) | unknown | Malapterurus |
| Pickle Slug(Fresh) | unknown | Catfish, Pancake Loach |
| Pickle Slug(Fresh) | 11am | Catfish |
| Ringed Wasp (Fresh) | unknown | River Crab |
| Sand Mite (Fresh) | unknown | Tigerfish |
| Spittle Bug (Fresh) | unknown | Ayu |
| Spittle Bug (Fresh) | unknown | Catfish |
| Wooly Aphid (Fresh) | 6pm | River Crab |
Fish Scales
| Scale Color | Fish Type | Time until Fillet (real time) |
| Dark Green | Tigerfish | < 5mins |
