Trout tickling, also known as noodling, is a form of fishing were the underbelly of the is stroked, if done properly the fish goes into a trance, and can then be thrown into dry land.

It is a really old method of fishing and is mentioned in Halieutica by the Greek writer Oppian and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Mark Twain, Roald Dahl, Robert A. Heinlein, and Terry Pratchett mention it at some point in their writing.