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SOME HISTORY OF NOODLING.

SOME HISTORY OF NOODLING. Annalisa tells me that in the continuation by Roger Lee McBride of the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, there is an incident in which a boy teaches Laura’s daughter Rose how to noodle for … Continue reading

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WOMAN SETS NOODLING RECORD.

WOMAN SETS NOODLING RECORD. I posted here in 2011 about the prospect that Texas would legalize the sport of noodling, and posted here in 2012 about a new record in the Okie Noodling Tournament. Noodling consists of catching a catfish … Continue reading

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NOODLING—CATCHING CATFISH WITH YOUR BARE HANDS.

NOODLING—CATCHING CATFISH WITH YOUR BARE HANDS. Noodling is the sport of catching catfish with your bare hands—or bare hand because one technique is to thrust one hand into the fish’s mouth and grasp a bone inside the fish. Ana Campoy … Continue reading

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INDIAN MUD WRESTLING—KUSHTI.

INDIAN MUD WRESTLING—KUSHTI. I enjoy learning about unusual or homegrown sports like noodling (the sport of catching a catfish with your bare hands) so the entry on the Smithsonian site of a photograph from the sport of kushti got my … Continue reading

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FITBIT CONTESTS.

FITBIT CONTESTS. The front page of the Wall Street Journal often reports on novel sports—for example, wife carrying, Irish road bowling, or noodling. This Journal article by Rachel Bachman (June 10) reports on Fitbit contests to see who can take … Continue reading

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CATCHING A RECORD-SIZED CATFISH WITH YOUR HANDS.

CATCHING A RECORD-SIZED CATFISH WITH YOUR HANDS. I posted on the sport of “noodling” here. Noodling consists of catching a catfish with your bare hands, and the sport consists of competing to see who can catch the largest catfish. I … Continue reading

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