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STEVE RINGER’S ULTIMATE FEEDER GUIDE<br />
GLOSSARY<br />
OF FEEDER<br />
FISHING<br />
TERMS<br />
Make sense of common terms that<br />
you might hear on the bank but not<br />
have a clue what they mean!<br />
Action – Description of the<br />
A<br />
flexibility of a rod. Rods have a<br />
fast or slow action. Fast actioned<br />
rods are generally stiffer overall but<br />
bend more at the tip. Slow actioned<br />
rods are more flexible, with some<br />
flexing along their entire length<br />
Additive – Flavouring added to bait<br />
to increase its attraction, usually in a<br />
powder or liquid form<br />
Anti-reverse – Mechanism on a<br />
fixed-spool reel that prevents the reel<br />
from turning backwards<br />
Arlesey bomb – A pear-shaped leger<br />
weight available in a range of sizes<br />
Bail-arm – The wire part of a<br />
fixed-spool reel that guides the<br />
B<br />
line on the spool<br />
Baiting needle – Device used to mount<br />
baits on to a hair rig. It has a small hook<br />
on the end and a plastic handle<br />
Bankstick – A metal stick with a screw<br />
thread at the top, on to which rod rests,<br />
keepnets and pole grips can be fixed.<br />
Barbed hook – Hook with a small ‘barb’<br />
protruding on the inside of the point to<br />
penetrate a fish’s mouth. Barbless hooks<br />
have no barb, while some hooks have a<br />
tiny ‘micro barb’<br />
Big pit – A scaled-down version of a big<br />
carp reel used for casting feeders long<br />
distances<br />
Blend in – Hookbaits that are picked<br />
to merge in with the colour of the feed<br />
being introduced via a feeder<br />
Blood knot - Basic knot for attaching<br />
hooks and swivels<br />
Boilies – Round hookbaits made from a<br />
paste and boiled to harden them off. In<br />
dozens of colours, flavours and sizes<br />
Braid – A synthetic woven material used<br />
for mainline when bream and skimmer<br />
fishing<br />
C<br />
Caster – The chrysalis formed<br />
from a maggot<br />
Chopped worm – Worms that have<br />
been chopped with scissors to create<br />
hundreds of tiny pieces. A great<br />
additive to groundbait for bream and<br />
roach (pic below)<br />
Chuck – Colloquial term for a cast<br />
Cocktail – A hookbait comprising two<br />
or more different baits – especially<br />
good when targeting bream<br />
Commercial fishery – A stillwater which<br />
is well stocked with a mix of species and<br />
is used by day anglers and for matches.<br />
Most feature a range of on-site facilities<br />
such as a café, tackle shop and toilets<br />
Corn – Grains of sweetcorn for hookbait<br />
or feed. Natural yellow is best but other<br />
colours are available too<br />
Crack-off – Accidentally snapping off<br />
the rig when casting. Occurs mainly<br />
when feeder fishing at distance<br />
Dendrobaena – A commonlyused<br />
worm for hookbait and<br />
D<br />
chopping for feed. Commerciallybred,<br />
‘dendras’ are tough and will keep<br />
active for a long time<br />
Diameter – The measurement of the<br />
cross-section of line or braid. These<br />
commonly range from 0.10mm to<br />
0.20mm for feeder work, and the<br />
smaller the diameter, the finer<br />
the line<br />
Disgorger – Small plastic<br />
device used to safely remove<br />
a hook from a fish’s mouth<br />
or throat<br />
Drag – Device on a reel<br />
that regulates how easily<br />
the line can be pulled<br />
from the spool<br />
Drop – Another term for the<br />
distance between feeder and<br />
rod-tip before casting. The<br />
longer the drop, the further you<br />
will be able to cast<br />
Drop-back – Term used to describe<br />
a bite that causes the line to fall<br />
slack, such as when a fish picks up the<br />
hookbait and runs towards the angler<br />
Elastic – The shock-absorber<br />
fitted to the top section(s) of a<br />
E<br />
pole which is used to play fish.<br />
Elastic is also used in the stems of<br />
in-line feeders such as Guru’s Method,<br />
Pellet and Hybrid feeders<br />
Eyed hook – Hooks with an eye at the<br />
end of the shank, used for hair-rigging<br />
and also with thick lines in specimen<br />
angling<br />
Fast action – Rods which bend<br />
mainly in the top third, nearest<br />
F<br />
the tip. Applicable mainly to float<br />
rods<br />
Feathering the line – The act of placing<br />
your index finger on the lip of the reel’s<br />
spool during the cast to slow the exit of<br />
line and stop the rig from going too far<br />
Feeder arm – A solid attachment that’s<br />
fixed to your seatbox leg with a rod rest<br />
head at the other end. This creates a<br />
stable platform to rest the rod on at any<br />
angle you choose<br />
Fixed rig – When a feeder or bomb is<br />
fixed in place on the line – for example,<br />
an elasticated Method feeder<br />
Fluorocarbon – A fishing line often<br />
used for hooklengths (and mainlines in<br />
specimen carp fishing) which is heavier<br />
and slightly stiffer than standard<br />
monofilament and is invisible under<br />
water<br />
Freebies – Particles that are either<br />
loosefed or added to groundbait.<br />
Casters, pellets, chopped worm, corn<br />
and hemp are common examples<br />
F1 hybrid – Popular modern fish stocked<br />
into many commercial fisheries, which<br />
is produced by crossing a crucian carp<br />
with a common carp<br />
G<br />
Gape – The gap between the<br />
point of the hook and the longest<br />
part (the shank)<br />
Goo – Sticky additives in a range of<br />
colours and flavours. These give off<br />
a great cloud in clear water and are<br />
brilliant in winter<br />
Grinner - A very strong knot often used<br />
in rig tying<br />
Groundbait – Used as an attractor or<br />
a carrier of loosefeed, groundbaits are<br />
often fishmeal or breadcrumb-based<br />
Hair rig – A method of attaching<br />
hookbaits where the bait is<br />
H<br />
threaded on to a short thin<br />
section of line (the hair) which then<br />
hangs clear of the hook<br />
Hemp – The seed of a cannabis plant,<br />
sterilised so it won’t grow. When<br />
cooked it is especially good for roach<br />
and skimmers<br />
High-visibility – Boilie or pellet<br />
hookbaits in lurid yellow, pink, orange<br />
and green colours that can be easily<br />
seen by fish<br />
Hooklink/Hooklength – The trace of<br />
line tied to the hook at one end and<br />
connected to the mainline at the other<br />
Hook tyer – This is a small tool with<br />
wooden and metal prongs that is used<br />
to tie a spade-end hook on to the line<br />
Hybrid feeder – A new type of feeder<br />
for commercial carp that’s a cross<br />
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