GLOSSARY 



TECHNICAL TERMS USED BY ANGLERS. 



Adipose Fin the small fleshy substance attached to the back of 



the Salmon, Trout, and Grayling, behind the dorsal fin. 

 Bank Fishing to angle from the bank or shore, without the assist- 

 ance of a boat or punt. 

 Barb, or Beard the projecting part of the hook, rear the point, 



that prevents its returning when the fish is hooked. 

 Bottom, or Ground Fishing to angle near, or on, the bottom of th 



river; so called, to distinguish it from fly-fishing. 

 Bottom of a Line applies to the part nearest the hook. 

 Butt, the thickest joint of the rod. 

 Cads a sort of maggot found in dirty little pieces of straw, sticks, 



&c. on the bottom where the water is shallow. The Stone Ply 



and May Fly are produced from these. 

 Cane the light cane comes from Carolina, and the strong and heavy 



cane is called bamboo. 



Caps small pieces of quill to hold your float steady on your line. 

 Chain Lint. see Eel Fishing. 

 Deeps the still deep parts of a river, where many large Barbel and 



other fish lie. 

 Dibbing, or Dipping, angling over bushes, and with a short line, 



where you only dip your bait in occasionally. 

 Dorsal Fin the large back fin. 

 Dress to dress an artificial fly, means to make one. 

 Dubbing the mohair, or other woolly substance, used to make the 



bodies of some artificial flies. 

 Eddies the obstructed parts of rivers, where the stream curls 



round. 

 Gentles maggots fit for usej that is, when they turn yellow after 



the green tinge has left them. 

 Gorge to swallow. 

 Greaves the sediment of kitchen-stuff, after the melting process of 



the tallow-chandler. 

 Gregarious fish that congregate together* and swim in shoals, such 



as Gudgeons, &c. to distinguish them from those that live solitary, 



such as the Jack, &c. 

 Ground Bait any food thrown in to encourage the fish to stay 



where you are angling, is termed Ground Bait. 

 Gimp silk wound round with fine brass, or other wire, to prevent 



the teeth of Eels or Pike from cutting it. 



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