A GLOSSARY; 



OR, 



EXPLANATION OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED AMONG 

 ANGLERS. 



Aights, small islands on the River Thames. 



Angle, to angky to fish with a rod, line, and baited-hook. 



Angling, the art of catching Fish with a rod, to which are at- 

 tached a line, hook, and bait. 



Adipous-fin, the fin below the back-fin. The adipoiis-fin is a 

 thick fleshy substance, found in Salmon, Trout, and Grayling. 



Bag fish, to put Fish into a bag or basket, as they are caught. 

 Bank-fishing, angling from a bank on the side of a river, or otiicr 



water. 

 Barbs or wattles. — See Wattles. 

 Barb-hook.See Spear-hook, 

 Beard, or barb, of a hook, is that part a little above the point, 



which prevents the Fish slipping off. 

 Bee.— See Humble. 



Bobber, or Brother Bob, nick-name for Anglers. 

 Bottom-fishing, angling with any bait under water, or touching 



the ground, with a float or rod to the line. Bottom-fishing is, 



also, the most ancient mode of angling on record. — See the 



Bible. 

 Bottom, the gut at the bottom of a fly-line, to which the hook or 



hooks are fixed. 



