| WORD |
EXPLANATION |
| Alvey |
Australian made
sidecast fishing reel |
| Baitcaster |
A type of
fishing reel |
| Ball |
Type of fishing sinker |
| Barrell |
Type of fishing sinker |
| Berley |
Fish attracting
mixture, also chum |
| Blank |
Fishing rod
shaft with no fixtures |
| Bobby Cork |
Type of float |
| Bubble Float |
Type of float |
| Caster |
A round plastic
ring used to hold fishing line |
| Centrepin |
A type of
fishing reel |
| Chopper |
Name for small
Tailor |
| Chromed Slice |
Type of lure |
| Closed Face |
A type of
fishing reel |
| Composite Rod |
Fishing rod made
of a mix of two or more ingredients |
| Dorsal Fin |
Back fin |
| Drop-off |
Shelf area
underwater |
| Droppers |
Short pieces of
line to the hook |
| Estuary |
Tidal river |
| Flies |
Artificial lures
made to imitate insects or small fish |
| Fly |
Type of lure |
| French |
Type of hook |
| Gaff |
Stick or pole
with a large hook attached to the top |
| Ganged hooks |
Two, three or
four hooks strung together with the bend of one passing
through the eye of the next |
| Handline |
A length of line
wrapped around a cylinder or caster |
| Helmet |
Type of sinker |
| Hook |
Bent piece of
metal with a very sharp point |
| Limerick |
Type of hook |
| Lure |
Artificial bait |
| Mudeye |
Dragonfly larvae |
| Nippers |
Saltwater
yabbies or small crayfish. Pink & white. Great bait when
used live. |
| Overhead |
A type of
fishing reel |
| Pectoral Fin |
Side fin |
| Pollard |
A by-product of
milling wheat used as a bait |
| Quill Float |
Type of float |
| Rigging or Rig |
The method of
putting line, terminal tackle and bait together to catch
fish. |
| Sidecast |
A type of
fishing reel |
| Sinker |
Weight, usually
made of lead, to help you cast or get the bait to the fish |
| Spoon |
Type of lure |
| Star |
Type of sinker |
| Stemmed Float |
Type of float |
| Suicide |
Type of hook |
| Swivel |
Terminal Tackle
used to stop twist & tangles in line |
| Terminal Tackle |
Bits and pieces
of tackle that are lost and replaced regularly |
| Threadline |
A type of
fishing reel |
| Trace |
Short piece of
nylon line or wire joining the hook to the main line. |
| Trolling |
Pulling a lure
or bait behind a boat |
| Trolling Lure |
Type of lure |
| Yabby Pump |
Pump used to
collect yabbies or nippers. |
