Fishing sinker weight acting as barbs. Claw sinkers are used in surf fishing on sandy bottoms with strong currents, mainly to prevent the sinker from getting carried off with the current. Upon casting a claw sinker, the line is briefly tugged so that the claws will dig themselves into the sand, allowing the rig to stay in place. An ideal material for a fishing sinker is environmentally acceptable, cheap and dense. Density is desirable as weights must be as small as possible, in order to minimize visual cues which could drive fish away from a fishing operation. In ancient times as well
Culture of Ann Arbor, Michigan Culture of Ann Arbor, Michigan The culture of Ann Arbor, Michigan includes various attractions and events, many of which are connected with the University of Michigan. Throughout the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and today Ann Arbor was home to many influential rock bands, such as the MC5, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Brownsville Station, George Clinton (but not really), Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Mitch Ryder, and The Rationals. In 1969, avant-garde jazz bandleader Sun Ra (also not from Ann Arbor) and his Arkestra spent about a month living in an Ann Arbor fraternity house, with poet-impresario John Sinclair