Fishing in Peru? Take a long line, but no dynamite 
By Terry Wade PE Source: Reuters Life 8/5/2008

Julio Boada has not set foot on his favorite fishing beach since an earthquake caused rockslides that shut access to the famous cove of La Catedral in Peru's national reserve of Paracas last year.

But, determined as ever to eke out a living, he still pulls fish from the chilly Pacific Ocean, helped by an extra-long line that stretches 650 feet (200 meters).
 

To cast, Boada perches himself on top of the sandstone cliffs hundreds of feet above the choppy blue sea, hoping the Chita and Tramboyo fish will nibble on the conch bait attached to his hook.

"You can't stand too close to the edge, or else the wind will blow you off. People have died," he said.

 
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