TECHNICAL TERMS. 89 



FEED, Jack or Pike are said to be on the feed, when they pouch the 

 bait immediately they take it ; also when you see them on the shal- 

 lows or scowers pursuing small fish. 



GAD, a very small Jack, weighing less than one pound. 



GIMP, raw or floss silk, faced or laced with fine brass thread or wire, 

 but if the angler can get some fine plaited silk covered, instead of 

 the raw or floss silk, it will last much longer. 



JACK or PIKE, names for this fish, which are generally used as synoni- 

 mous among anglers ; but a Jack becomes a Pike, when weighing 

 more than three pounds, or exceeding twenty-four inches in length. 



KILLING BAIT, that bait which fish are most fond of, and which they 

 take freely. 



KILL FISH, (see take fish.) 



KINK or KINKLE, the line is said to kink or kinkle when it twists 

 about, and gets entangled in knots, &c.; and also when it gets 

 twisted round the top of the rod and will not run. 



LANDING HOOK, a large hook, made with a screw shank, to fasten into 

 a rod or pole. 



LAY, to lay the water, is to put trimmers in the water. 



MOVE A FISH, when the angler sees a Jack or Pike move, but will not 

 take his bait, he says, I have moved a fish, but he would not feed. 



LEDGER BAIT in Jack fishing is a line and hook baited with a live fish, 

 the line fixed to a rod^ and laid down until a Jack or Pike takes the 

 bait. 



OFF, Jack and Pike are said to be off after they have cast or thrown 

 their spawn, because they then generally move to another part of 

 the water, and also refuse a bait for some time after, or if they take 

 it they will not pouch. 



POUCH, Jack and Pike are said to pouch a bait, when they swallow it. 



