Uptider – a rod designed for uptide boat fishing with an extended handle below the reel seat to facilitate casting.
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Uni-tech cast – A variation of the off the ground cast where the lead is laid out back towards the angler and inside the tip of the rod.
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Uni-knot – A popular basic knot or attaching line to hooks, swivels etc and can be used to join two lines together.
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Undertow – A current below water surface flowing seaward; the receding water below the surface from waves breaking on a shelving beach.
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Two way beads – clear plastic beads with a hole through one end to thread onto the trace body and another at 90 degrees to take the snood. Popular with …
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Tubing boom – A hollow, tube boom with one long and one short leg which runs on the main line and carries a weight.
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Trolling – To work lures or bait behind a slow moving boat. Sometimes using a downrigger or outrigger.
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Tripod – A three legged rest for supporting a rod when shore fishing.
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Treble hook – Three hooks welded together to form a single hook mostly for use with lures.
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Transducer – The part of the fish finder that functions like an antenna to send out sonar signals (sound waves) and receive return echoes that are displayed as pictures on …