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Handy fishing
terminology list

Spring - Chinook over
50cm. Jack - Any saimon
under 50cm

Trophy - A fish of large
enough size to be bigger than
any fish you have caught
before. The accepted weights
are for chinook aver 50 Ibs, for
steelhead over 20 Ibs.

Mount - A trophy fish pre-
pared or reproduced by a
taxidermist.

Plug - A plastic or metal
lure with a sloping bill. When
pulled through the water dives
and wiggles.

Hotshot - A type of plug.

Plunking - Form of fishing
where the lure is cast out into
the water and is held by a
weight.

The rod is then usually
placed in a rod holder. Other
names meaning the same are
‘Bar Fishing’, ‘Bank Fishing’.

Plugging - Method of pull-
ing a plug through the water.
Another slang term used is
‘hotshoting.

Driffing - Bouncing a lure
or bait along the bottom of a
river (fishing hole), Another
name is bottom bouncing.

Floating - Using a float to
keep the lure off the bottom
but still allowing the bait to
move with the current.

Snake - A nylon tube filled
with lead - a form of weight.
| Pyramid Weight - A lead
weight shaped like a pyramid
used mostly for plunking in
current.

Kitimats - A large metal
$poon usually used for salmon
fishing.

' Goey Bob - A plastic imita-
tion of a roe cluster. Very pap-
ular among sportsman.

' Row Ball or Roe Bag - A
ball of salmon eggs that is
wrapped in a cloth or nylon.

Tags - A licence for steel-
head and/or a licence and
plastic tag that is placed on
any chincok salmon.

Seallce - Asalt water para- ~
site that attaches
itself to a fish
along the base
of the anal fin.
This indicates a
fresh fish.

Kelt - A°
steelhead that
has spawnec
and is return
ing to th
ocean.

Summer
Run -
Usually
referring to a
steelhead
migrating
upstream in
the months of
June, July
and August.

Bonk -
Bonker,
Bonking,
meaning to
hit a fish over
the head,
usually with a
piece ot ’
all wood. Slang

term for a keeper.

Bankers - Fishermen fishing from shore.

Leader - The line between your hook and the swivel.

Mainline - Line that is on your reel and goes along your rad
down to the swivel.

Slab - Large, usually trophy sized fish.

Kipe - Hook in the nose of a fish: normally found in males.

Spooked - Scaring the fish through noise or sudden move-
ments. Another term is ‘We've put the pool down!‘ . .

Ginclear - Meaning absolute pure water. Being able to see
to the bottom in 6” to 8” of water,

Chrome Bright Nickle - A fresh silver fish usually straight
aut of the ocean.

is a bit of a truck sticking the end of
the nylon up through the tums. The
turns are then pulled up close in step
2, In step three the turns must be held
between thumb and forefinger to keep
them in place while running parts of
both line and leader are made snug by
pulling with the balls of each hand. In
step 4 the ends are cut off close. Then

Improved Clinch Knot
A quicker knot for attaching an eyed fly
to the leader. In step 1 at least five turns

fray out the end of the line that still
sticks out so that it will pass through
the rod guides more freely.

should be taken before sticking the end
back through the loop or the nylon will
slip. For extremely fine nylon take then
end back around and through the loop a
| second time as in illustration 1.

Blood Knot

The Blood Knot is for attaching a
tippet to the end of a leader. At least
three turns should be taken around
each part and it should be pulled up

firmly before trimming the ends off.
Courtesy B.C. Parks

Nail Knot

The Nail Knot is for attaching leader to
line without a loop. A nail or any
similar smooth object may be used.
After the turns are made as in step | it

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