Fishing – A generic term for angling as performed by an angler.
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Fixed leger – A leger rig where the weight is fixed to the hook trace and when the fish picks up the…
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Fishfinder- An electronic device that is used to detect depth and the nature of the seabed beneath a boat. Depending upon the…
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Flashabou – Commercial name for a colourful, synthetic, filament material used in fly tying or rig building to add flash to a…
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Flapper – A dropper or snood, usually on a paternoster rig where the hook is not restrained by a bait clip.
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Fixed spool – A style of reel fished under the rod where the spool does not rotate but the line is wound…
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Flatfish – Spends the early days of its life as a bony round fish before the eyes migrate round to one side…
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Flowing Trace – A long trace fished below a boom and weight. It terminates in hook with either a natural or artificial…
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Float – A polystyrene, plastic or wooden piece of terminal tackle used to suspend the baited hook above the sea bed. The…
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Flutter spoon – a large, thin metal blade, usually chrombe or silver, which was originally designed for salt water salmon trolling. Now…