Confusing Terms U.K. to American

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Confusing Terms
Many of the terms used by U.K. anglers will be confusing to their American counterparts. What’s worse is that some words have different meanings in each type of English! Below is a brief list of some of the most easily muddled.



British on the left Americanon the right






bank - shore
bite - strike
bivvy - tent
blanked - skunked
buzzer - electronic bite alarm
carbon or carbon fibre - graphite
drogue - sea anchor
float - bobber
gag - jaw spreader (banned on many U.K. waters)
game fish members of the salmon family (however grayling are normally considered coarse fish as they spawn in spring).

grinner knot - uni-knot
groundbait - chum
hooklength - (or tail) snell
half blood knot - clinch knot
lobworm - night crawler
rings - guides
rod rest - sand spike
run - strike from a big fish
running lead - slip sinker
slider or sliding float - slip bobber
specimen - trophy or lunker
to strike - to hook
tip ring - tip-top
trace - leader
tucked ½ blood knot - improved clinch knot
water knot - surgeon’s knot
weight - sinker


I got this of another web site thought it might help out as i know we have a problem in the past with what we Uk or American use as every day fishing terms.;)
 
A lot of those are not true (Atleast in the midwest)
 
The ones in green I use the same as "U.K." terms

stotty;649574; said:
Confusing Terms
Many of the terms used by U.K. anglers will be confusing to their American counterparts. What’s worse is that some words have different meanings in each type of English! Below is a brief list of some of the most easily muddled.



British on the left Americanon the right






bank - shore
bite - strike
bivvy - tent
blanked - skunked
buzzer - electronic bite alarm
carbon or carbon fibre - graphite
drogue - sea anchor
float - bobber
gag - jaw spreader (banned on many U.K. waters)
game fish members of the salmon family (however grayling are normally considered coarse fish as they spawn in spring).

grinner knot - uni-knot
groundbait - chum
hooklength - (or tail) snell
half blood knot - clinch knot
lobworm - night crawler
rings - guides
rod rest - sand spike
run - strike from a big fish
running lead - slip sinker
slider or sliding float - slip bobber
specimen - trophy or lunker
to strike - to hook
tip ring - tip-top
trace - leader
tucked ½ blood knot - improved clinch knot
water knot - surgeon’s knot
weight - sinker


I got this of another web site thought it might help out as i know we have a problem in the past with what we Uk or American use as every day fishing terms.;)
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I know there is a lot of differences lol.. I was just saying that a lot of the ones on the right I never have even heard of lol.
 
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