Glossary

Fly line – A specially designed line for fly fishing, usually around 80 feet long. It supplies the weight needed to cast relatively weightless trace. The fly line may be…

Fly reel – The device that holds fly line. The handles are fitted directly onto the spool. It may have a mechanical drag system with which to exert resistance on…

Foregrip – The grip on a rod butt immediately in front of the reel seat.

Flying gaff – A gaff head fitted to a pole and kept under tension by a rope. When the fish is gaffed the pole is removed to allow the fish…

Flying collar – another name for the flowing trace or gilling rig.

French boom – A wire boom with a triangle shape at one end, which attaches to the trace and a single wire coming off of this to carry the snood.

Foul-hook – To hook a fish other than in the mouth. Competition rules may allow fish to count if hook outwith the mouth.

Front drag reel – a fixed spool reel where the drag adjustment is on the spool.