Code of Massachusetts Regulations
325 CMR - CONNECTICUT RIVER ATLANTIC SALMON COMMISSION
Title 325 CMR 2.00 - Atlantic Salmon Management In The Connecticut River
Section 2.02 - Definitions

Angling means fishing with hook and line which must be personally attended.

Division means the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02202.

Fly fishing means angling with the use of a single fly with either a single or double (side by side) hook, whose gape may not exceed 1/2 inch, dressed with hair, feathers, tinsel, thread, yarn or similar material. The use of lead core lines are prohibited. Additional weight may not be built into the fly in its construction, as in a weighted nymph, and no additional weight or other attachments such as spinners or swivels shall be attached to the hook, leader or line, and the use of open or close face spinning reels, spin cast reels, free spool reels, bait casting reels or similar devices is prohibited.

River means that portion of the main stem of the Connecticut River which lies within the boundaries and jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Snagging or snatching, lifting or jigging means taking or attempting to take any fish by foul hooking, that is hooking the fish in any part of the body other than inside the mouth.

Take or taking means killing or capturing or otherwise rendering into possession.