GLOSSARY. 



Hackles the feathers from the neck of a cock, used for making the 

 legs of artificial flies, or the bodies of the Palmers. 



Hooked a Fish foul that means, by any other part than his mouth. 



Humble Bee the large yellow and black-bodied Bee. 



Hurl the fibrous parts of the Peacock, Ostrich, and other feathers. 



Kink to twist, or entangle. 



Landing Net is a net attached to an iron or brass wire-hoop, and 

 fixed in a stick : this answers the purpose much better than a 

 landing-hook, except for Pike, 



Lip Hook is a short-shanked-hook, used to hold the head of the 

 Minnow, when spinning for Trout, &c. 



Link a single length of gut, &c. 



Leather-mouthed those fish are called leather-mouthed, that have 

 gristly jaws without teeth, such as the Carp, Barbel, Gudgeon, 

 &c. to distinguish them from the voracious tribes, such as the 

 Jack, Perch, Trout, &c. all of which have bony jaws, studded 

 with abundance of sharp teeth. 



Ledger, or Leger Bait a small piece of flat perforated lead, some- 

 thing in the shape of a coffin, used to keep your bait still at the 

 bottom. 



Live Bait Fishing only applies to the use of a live fish for a bait. 



Mohair Goat's hair, used for making the bodies of artificial flies; 

 it is dyed of various colours, and is also used with horse-hair 

 for twisting fly-lines. 



Palmer a large, rough, or hairy caterpillar. 



Paternoster Line see Fishing in the Docks. 



Play to play a fish, means to humour his violent motions until he 

 becomes exhausted, so that he may not break your line. 



Plummet a lead used for sounding the depth. 



Pouch to swallow. 



Prime to prime, is to jump out of the water in sport. Barbel often 

 leave the bottom of the river on a summer evening, and amuse 

 themselves by leaping out of the water. 



Punt Fishing to angle from a flat-bottomed boat, such as are used 

 in the Thames. 



Rank Hooks are denominated rank, when the point and barb pro- 

 ject much. 



Rising applies only to the fish when feeding on the surface, taking 

 flies, &c. Having a rise, is when a fish comes at your fly. 



Run When a Pike takes your bait, he almost always runs several 

 yards with it, which is called a run. 



Running Line the line retained on your winch, for the purpose of 

 lengthening at pleasure. 



Saddle Feathers, the large hackles from the loins of a cock. 



Scours, or Sharps where the stream runs rapid and clear, with a 

 gravelly bottom. These parts are much frequented by the fish 

 during the spring, and early summer months. 



Scour to free maggots or worms from their impurities, the former 

 by means of coarse bran or sand ; the latter, by putting them 

 in damp moss, or a very coarse rag, that they may crawl through, 

 which they will do if you put them on the top of it. 



Shank of a Hook the part you attach to the line. 



Shelves are places worn under the banks by the action of the 

 stream, where Chub and many Barbel harbour. 



