150 TECHNICAL TERMS. 



Disgorger, an instrument with a forked, top, about six inches 

 long, made of bone, iron, or brass : when the fish has 

 swallowed the hook, the forked end of the disgorger is 

 thrust upon it, which disengages it, and permits it to be 

 easily drawn out. 



Eddies are bends or corners in rivers, where the water meets 

 with obstruction, causing it to recoil and whirl round : 

 fish lie much in these spots, as the motion of the water 

 frequently brings food out of the stream and gives it a mo- 

 mentary pause. 



To feed: fish are said to feed when they take the bait. 



Gentles are maggots bred from fly-blows on liver, or any 

 putrid animal substance. 



Gimp, silk twist laced with brass j sold at all the fishing-tackle 

 shops. 



To gorge, to swallow. 



Graves, the sediment of melted tallow ; to be bought at the 

 tallow chandlers. 



Ground bait, graves, bran and clay, gentles, &c. thrown into 

 the water for the purpose of keeping the fish round the 

 spot you intend to angle in. 



Heavy fish, large fish. 



To hook foul, to hook a fish by any part outside its body, 

 which sometimes happens by their swimming against the 

 bait and thereby acting on the float the same as a bite j by 

 striking at the moment the fish is hooked foul. This 

 happens frequently when angling for Barbie. 



Killing bait, that bait which the fish are most fond of. 



