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Fishing is a wonderful way to spend a lazy day. Even if you can’t find the time to drop a line in the water, you can read all about this relaxing sport. For a sampling of some of the best fishing sites, take our Web Tour: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/tour.htm

"Ten Things You Can Do on the Net This Week:" http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/tenthings.htm

1. Improve your snapshots: http://www.egphotos.com/Pages/snap1.html

2. Watch videos of baby animals: http://www.sandiegozoo.com/virtualzoo/videos/index.html

3. Chuckle at dumb laws: http://www.dumblaws.com/

4. Peruse classic movie posters: http://www.amazing3rdplanet.com/movie-poster-index.html

5. Create your own snowstorm: http://freeweb.pdq.net/headstrong/snow.htm

6. Track the annual migration of the salmon: http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/salmon/index.html

7. See what it's like to be a war correspondent: http://www.newseum.org/warstories/

8. View the earth science picture of the day: http://epod.usra.edu/

9. Enter the Miami AirDash classic plane race: http://www.historicwings.com/features99/airdash/top-entryform.html

10. Learn how gas masks work: http://www.howstuffworks.com/gas-mask.htm

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