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  • 21Belaying pin — A belaying pin is a device used on traditional sailing vessels to secure lines. Their function on modern vessels has been replaced by cleats, but they are still used, particularly on square rigged ships.A belaying pin is a solid metal bar with a… …

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  • 22Catch and release — is a practice within recreational fishing intended as a of conservation. After capture, the fish are unhooked and returned to the water before experiencing serious exhaustion or injury. Using barbless hooks, it is often possible to release the… …

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  • 23ledger float — a float used in angling that automatically sets itself to the correct depth. It has a two point friction device at the float bottom where the line passes through. When cast out with a slack line the float will rise to the surface, the line can… …

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  • 24self depth adjusting waggler — a float used in angling that automatically sets itself to the correct depth. It has a two point friction device at the float bottom where the line passes through. When cast out with a slack line the float will rise to the surface, the line can… …

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  • 25indicator — 1) a floating object placed on the leader or end of a fly line to track the movement of the line or to indicate a bite. Used with nymphs and a slack line, for example 2) biological indicator (a fish whose presence in a water body is indicative of …

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  • 26Carver, Oregon — Carver is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, which as of 2004, is part of the city of Damascus, Oregon. Before 2004, when the city of Damascus incorporated, Carver was an independent, unincorporated community …

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  • 27puddle cast — in fly fishing, a cast that leaves slack line on the surface allowing the fly to float without drag …

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  • 28pumping — in angling, the process of raising and lowering a rod; it allows slack line to develop and be reeled in as the rod is lowered …

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  • 29twitch — a fast but not violent movement of a rod tip when angling to tighten a slack line and/or move a lure erratically …

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  • 30slacken — Ⅰ. slack [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) not taut or held tightly in position; loose. 2) (of business or trade) not busy; quiet. 3) careless, lazy, or negligent. 4) (of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing. ► NOUN 1) …

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