TKCHNICAL TERMS. 36.*' 



out of the stream, and gives it a momentary pause, which ena- 

 bles thera to seize it. 



Feed; to feed, — Fish are said to be strong, or well, on the feed, 

 when they take the bait eagerly ; also, when the Angler says 

 the Fish will feed all the year, or at such a time, he means they 

 will then take a bait. 



Follow the Hake; Gudgeons are said to follow the rake when they 

 eagerly take the bait after the ground has been raked a:iJ 

 loosened. 



Feelers, a substance projecting from the head of some flies and in- 

 sects, but more knovvn by the name of horns. 



Fishing and angling, synonymous terms. 



Flogging the TVater; the Angler is said to flog the water when he 

 (for an unreasonable time) keeps whipping and slashing, with 

 a fly, without having a Fish rise at his bait. 



Fly-fishing, to angle with a fly, natural or artificial, as a bait. 



Fly, a dub-fly, an artificial-fly, the body of which is large and 

 chiefly made of wool or mohair. 



Gad, a very small Jack. 



Guf, a landing-hook. 



Gentles are maggots bred from fly-blows on liver, or any putrid 

 animal substance. When full-grown, and put among bran or 

 dry house-sand, they cleanse themselves, and are then termed 

 scoured ; and, before they are so cleansed, they are called green 

 gentles, in which state Fish are very fond of them. Carrion - 

 gentles are those which the Knackers or Horse-slayers sell, 

 wholesale, to the dealers in gentles, and are generally used for 

 gi'ound-baiting. 



Gorge; to gorge, to swallow or take the bait into the stomach. 



Greaves, the sediment of melted kitchen-stuff"; to be bought at 

 the tallow-chandlers. 



Grabble, to fish with a line to which several hooks are fastened, 

 and so leaded that each hook lays on the ground: this mode of 



