TKCHNICAL TERMS. 3/3 



Stalk or Stem, tlie thick part of feathers used to make the feelers 



or horns of artificial flies. 

 Stretchers. — See Droppers. 

 Strike ; striking or hooking a Fish is done by giving the rod a 



sudden jerk from the wrist or arm, when the Fish has taken 



the bait. 

 Swims are deep places in rivers, where the stream is not rapid : 



Fish are mostly found in them in cool weather. 



Take ; to take, or kill. Fish, to catch fish : the words catch, or 

 caught, are seldom used by Anglers. 



Tickling : when Trout are in holes, under the bank (which they are 

 fond of retiring to), they are caught by putting your hand into 

 those places : when you feel a Fish, gently scratch its belly 

 until you reach the gills, then grasp it firm and lift the Fish 

 out. The pleasurable titillation felt by the Trout while you 

 are scratching or tickling it, prevents its attempt to leave the 

 hole you find it in. 



Tight-line; a baited line is so called when it is fastened to the 

 angle-rod without a running-line. 



Tied up; a Fish is said to be tied up, or having tied itself up, by get- 

 ting so entangled or twisted up among weeds, after he is hooked, 

 or getting the line round piles, or posts, so that he can neither 

 get one way or the other. 



Threadling a bait is when a needle is used to put a bait on a 

 hook ; such as baiting the gorge-hook, for trolling or laying 

 trimmers, &c. ; also worms, when used in bobbing for Eels, 

 or laying night-lines. 



Traces are lengths or pieces of gut or gimp, joined toge- 

 ther with swivels, used when spinning a bait for Trout, trol- 

 ling, &c.— See pages 105, 107, and 198. 



Trimmers are lines fastened to bank-runners, corks, or any thing 

 else except an Angle rod, having a hook attached to them, 

 baited with a live Fish. 



