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Fixed leger – A leger rig where the weight is fixed to the hook trace and when the fish picks up the bait it immediately feels resistance from the lead.…

Fishfinder- An electronic device that is used to detect depth and the nature of the seabed beneath a boat. Depending upon the set it may also be possible to identify…

Flapper – A dropper or snood, usually on a paternoster rig where the hook is not restrained by a bait clip.

Fixed spool – A style of reel fished under the rod where the spool does not rotate but the line is wound on with a bail arm while the spool…

Flashabou – Commercial name for a colourful, synthetic, filament material used in fly tying or rig building to add flash to a lure.

Flowing Trace – A long trace fished below a boom and weight. It terminates in hook with either a natural or artificial bait. See also gilling.

Float – A polystyrene, plastic or wooden piece of terminal tackle used to suspend the baited hook above the sea bed. The float can be fixed or sliding depending upon…

Flatfish – Spends the early days of its life as a bony round fish before the eyes migrate round to one side of its head. Massive range of sizes from…

Flutter spoon – a large, thin metal blade, usually chrombe or silver, which was originally designed for salt water salmon trolling. Now adapted for cod and ling fishing when baited.

Fluorocarbon – A monofilament line said to have a refraction index close to that of water making it difficult for fish to see. It has a harder surface finish than…