88 THE TROL-LER'S GUIDE. 



GLOSSARY 



OF 



TECHNICAL TERMS 



USED AMONG ANGLERS. 



BAG A FISH, to put either Jack or Pike into a haversack, bag, or 

 basket. 



BRACE, two Jack or Pike. 



CANDOCK WEEDS, (by some called the WATER LILY) broad leafed, 

 thick stemed weeds, growing in large clusters in the rivers, and 

 other waters, affording harbour, &c. to Jack aud Pike. 



COME SHORT, when a Jack or Pike comes seemingly eager to take the 

 bait, but when near, turns or shoots away, the troller then says, 

 I had a fish come at me, but he came short. 



CREEL, a fish basket or pannier. 



DIP or DIPPING FOR JACK, is letting your baited hook fall or drop 

 gently in the water, without casting or throwing it out. 



DRAW SLIP KNOT, a knot made to draw or slip, which is the most 

 covenient way of fastening the trolling line to a trace or loop of 

 gimp, or whatever the hook or hooks are tied to. 



DRAG HOOKS, a piece of stout iron wire, with three or four hooks 

 (without barbs) placed back to back, fastened to a long stout pack- 

 thread line: these hooks are used to disentangle the line, &c. 

 when a fish gets it fast among heavy weeds, by throwing the hooks 

 over the place and dragging the weeds ; those drag hooks are also 

 ii?ed to take up night lines, cork trimmers, &c. 



