Fishing

34 entries in Mental Magic / Principles / Fishing
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Oswald Rae Psycho-Analysis performer divines card and thought of name of a spectator by holding his wrist, then spectator divines thought of card from spectator
 		1928 Sub Rosa 77
George B. Anderson Palmistry Versus Mindreading playing "Twenty Questions" to get answer, with palm reading
 		1949 It Must Be Mindreading 13
Dr. Stanley Jaks Pinned ripped page from magazine is pinned, word is divined, see p. 762 for ideas by Al Baker
Related toAlso published here 1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 185) 739
The Amazing Maurice License Plate Numbers cards with license plate numbers and states, one is selected and performer divines ten digit number and state
 		1961 Still More Miracles in Mentalism 25
Gerald Kosky Ein ESP Test im Stillen two cards with list of names, two thought of and divined
Inspired by
  • Tom Sellers effect from The Gen, based on a Bob Hummer principle
Also published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 18 No. 12, 1960
 Nov. 1980 Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 3) 96
Al Mann Tr-Id board with different designs in different colors, three person select one and draw the design on a board, performer divines designs and colors
Inspired byRelated to 1982 Tr-Id 1
Thomas Alan Waters RoTarot tarot card is selected and divined
 		1983 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl) 513
Karl Fulves Taking No For An Answer explanation of the (progressive) anagram principle
 		1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 6
Sam Schwartz Ars Magna improved fishing for basic anagram principle
 		1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 8
Karl Fulves Short Circuiting fishing variation in the "Incredi Test #1"
  • Group Doubling
Inspired by 1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 47
Karl Fulves Jo-Anagrams using anagram principle in divination of mental effect in which one of four girls on postcards is divined or a playing card
 		1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 52
Karl Fulves The Silent R fishing variation
Inspired by 1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 53
Karl Fulves The Q Test spectator in another room with list of words and thinks of one, written on slate, repeated several times, not 100%, some words are easily visualized and others are not, concept fishing
 		1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 55
Al Mann Random House Mystery dictionary book test over the phone, word from a sentence is selected and looked at in the dictionary, fishing
 		1984 Phantom Voices 15
Jack Yates Choice twelve objects are put in a bag, two spectators select one each, performer divines both, then from all objects are removed and replaced in the bag, the last one was predicted
 		1986 Clue and other Mysteries 10
Jack Yates P&S System six geometrical signs in envelopes, divination of selected, back turned in selection process, also possible with word groups
 		1986 Clue and other Mysteries 28
Edward Bagshawe, Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves Metalogic No. 77, four coins, each represents a president, one chosen and divined
 		1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 106
Philip T. Goldstein Concept Fishing
1991 Thavant 10
Anthony Lindan Psychic Compatibility as Anthony linden, number divination
 		1993 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 49) 892
Jas Jakutsch The "Nod Technique", Body Language and Speed of Response brief, on fishing
Related to 1999 Completely Mental — Vol. 1 14
Jas Jakutsch "Understandable Mistakes" brief, fishing letters while doing a progressive anagram
 		1999 Completely Mental — Vol. 1 14
Jas Jakutsch Negative Cast Statements (NCS) question which can be interpreted in two ways, no + are you?
 		1999 Completely Mental — Vol. 1 15
Karl Fulves Either-Or how binary principles are used in fishing and coding
Related to 2005 Combo II 8
Karl Fulves Penny Machines illustration of "Either-Or" article
Related to 2005 Combo II 99
Chuck Hickok Essay #11: Thoughts on Branching Anagrams
2005 Mentalism, Incorporated: Volume Two 92
Dr. Stanley Jaks Pinned ripped page from magazine is pinned, word is divined
Also published here 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 203
Colin McLeod Additional Thoughts spectators write differente pieces of information on a piece of paper, other spectator selects one and information is divined
Inspired by
  • Banachek's "Q&A Pad"
  • Docc Hilford's "Questa"
  • Jeromey Finley's "In the Madhouse"
 2014 Divine 116
Michael Weber Contimental - Weber Notes on fishing and progressive/branching anagrams
  • The Informational Transition
  • The Letter Recovery
Inspired by 2015 The Black Book of Mentalism 8
Christoph Borer Tarot Deap Out deep sea deck with tarot cards, tossed out deck
 		2016 21 114
Paul Vigil Unwilling Participants how to handle them during fishing sequences
 		2017 The Doors of Deception 220
殷欣 (Sion) 暧昧 (Ambiguous) Magician correctly divines spectator's birthdate and astrological sign, propless
Related to 2017 暧昧 12
殷欣 (Sion) 背叛 (Betrayal) Spectator imagines three different coins, places one in pocket, the other two in each hand. Magician divines the specific positions of all three imaginary coins while also detecting if spectator is lying or telling the truth (propless)
 		2017 暧昧 31
殷欣 (Sion) 馒头羊 Magician correctly divines thought of item from a list of items by the magician
 		2017 暧昧 76
Bob Farmer Majority Fishing credit information
Related to 2017 The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox () 91
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