152 TECHNICAL TERMS. 



bottom, on which the fish feed, nib and roll themselves 



just before they spawn, and many continue on the scowers 



during 1 the warm or hot months. 

 To scour worms, to free them from filth, and make them 



transparent, by putting them in damp moss, &c. 

 Shank of a hook, that part to which the line is tied. 

 Strike striking- a fish is done by giving a sudden jerk from 



the wrist, or arm, when the fish has taken the bait. 

 Swims are deep places in rivers where the stream is not 



rapid : fish are mostly found in them in cool weather. 

 To take or kill fish, to catch fish : the words catch and 



caught are seldom used by anglers. 

 Trolling, angling with a small fish (either dead or alive) for 



a bait. This word is derived from the French word 



troller, to stroll or rove about. 

 Tumbling bay is a pool of considerable depth and breadth > 



receiving the surplus water which falls from the flood-gates 



erected in rivers and canals to keep up a head of water : 



they are numerous in the river LCJ\. 

 To weigh a fish out, to lift a fish out of the water by the line, 



without the aid of a landing net 

 Wijtch, a machine made of brass, on which a line is kept, 



made of India twist, plaited silk, or gut and silk twisted. 



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