368 THE angler's guide. 



angling is termed laying on the grabble, and is much used in 

 fishing for flounders, in streams where the bank slants down- 

 wards. — See page 152. 



Gregarious, those Fish are termed gregarious who ro\-e about in 

 flocks, or numbers, together. 



Ground-bait, greaves, bran, clay, gentles, &c. thrown into the 

 water, by the Angler, for the purpose of diawing and keeping 

 the Fish about the spot or place he intends to angle in. 



Gimp, silk-twist or floss-silk, laced with brass ; sold at all fishing- 

 tackle shops. 



Good Fish, a good Fish means a heavy or large Fish. 



Hackle-flies, artificial-flies, who^e bodies are slender, and chiefly 

 made of the hackle -feather. If they have not wings, they are 

 palmers ; if with wings, they are generally called palmer- 

 hackles or palmer-flies. 



Heavy Fish, large Fish. 



Hook, a piece of iron tempered and bent; if to catch Fish with, it 

 is barbed to prevent Fish slipping off. 



Hook foul, to hook foul is to hook a Fish by any part outside its l 

 body, which sometimes happens by their swimming against 

 the baited hook, or any part of them touching the line, which 

 acts on the float the same way as a bite; and, by striking, at the 

 moment, the Fish is generally hooked. This case occurs, fre- 

 quently, when angling for Barbel, Gudgeons, and Smelts. 



Humble or Bumble-bee, is the large wild bee with a black and 

 yellow body ; some have red rumps or bottoms, and others va- i 

 r legated. 



Hurl, or Herle, the fine fibrous parts of feathers. 



Jack, ox: Pike y names generally used as synonymous; but, pro- 

 perly speaking, a Jack becomes a Pike after it attains more than 

 three pounds weight, or twenty-four inches in length. 



Killing under the point of the rod ; the Angler is said to kill his 



