flymph n. a fishing lure resembling an insect between the nymph and fly stages of development. Etymological Note: Perhaps coined by and probably popularized by Vernon S. Hidy. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
sea-gulling v.— «Tony Bennet casts first. As he slowly retrieves, a cod misses the lure and leaves a telltale swirl at the surface. Three other lures are immediately cast to the same spot—a system affectionately known as “sea...
ad car n.— «Hey Harry, I got a guy hot for an ad car (a cheap, optionless car heavily advertised to lure people in to buy a more expensive model). His old car’s got a few Ripley’s (old damage, badly repaired, from Ripley’s Believe it Or...
hung adj.— «Hey Harry, I got a guy hot for an ad car (a cheap, optionless car heavily advertised to lure people in to buy a more expensive model). His old car’s got a few Ripley’s (old damage, badly repaired, from Ripley’s Believe it Or...
Ripleys n.— «Hey Harry, I got a guy hot for an ad car (a cheap, optionless car heavily advertised to lure people in to buy a more expensive model). His old car’s got a few Ripley’s (old damage, badly repaired, from Ripley’s Believe it Or...
dead-sticking n.— «Dead-sticking basically means tying on a lure and dropping it to a certain depth or to the bottom and leaving it there with no imparted motion. Think of it as bait fishing without the bait. Jigs, spoons and soft-plastic...