jig fishing
Look at other dictionaries:
Jig (disambiguation) — The word jig may have different meanings:* A jig is a type of folk dance. * Jig/jigging, a school slang used for truancy * Jig, or Jigaboo, is an insulting word for a black person * A gigue is a baroque dance, sometimes anglicized as jig . * A… … Wikipedia
Fishing lure — In line spinner lure with ring, dish, body/weight and hook Fishing lures are made in various creative designs like this top water lure … Wikipedia
Fishing reel — A spinning reel A fishing reel is a cylindrical device attached to a fishing rod used in winding the line .[1] Modern fishing reels usually have fittings which make it easier to retrieve the line and deploy ( cast ) it for better accuracy or… … Wikipedia
jig — 1) one to several bare hooks attached to a weighted line. The hook(s) may have a lead head (lead molded around the hook) and be dressed with, or have a skirt of, rubber, hair, silicone or plastic. Also called bucktail; 2) jig fishing 3) a… … Dictionary of ichthyology
jig|ger — 1 «JIHG uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a small set of ropes and pulleys used on a ship. 2. a small sail. = jigger mast. (Cf. ↑jigger mast) 3. a small fishing boat with a jigger (sail). 4. a machine that operates with a jerky motion. 5. Informal. some… … Useful english dictionary
jig — jig1 [jig] n. [prob. < MFr giguer, to gambol, dance < gigue, a fiddle < MHG giga (akin to ON gigja) < OHG * gigan (> Ger dial. geigen), to move back and forth] 1. a) a fast, springy sort of dance, usually in triple time b) the… … English World dictionary
Fishing rod tapers — describe how much a fishing rod bends or flexes under pressure. Different tapers are used for different fishing scenarios as well as for personal preference. ActionThe action of a taper is described by the flex of the tip of a rod when pressure… … Wikipedia
jig — I. /dʒɪg / (say jig) noun 1. a device for holding the work in a machine tool, especially one for accurately guiding a drill or group of drills so as to ensure uniformity in successive pieces machined. 2. a device used in fishing, especially a… …
jig — I. noun Etymology: perhaps from Middle French giguer to frolic, from gigue fiddle, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gīga fiddle; akin to Old Norse geiga to turn aside Date: circa 1560 1. a. any of several lively springy dances in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
jig — noun 1》 a lively dance with leaping movements. ↘a piece of music for a jig, typically in compound time. 2》 a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tool operating on it. 3》 Fishing a type of artificial bait that is jerked up and… … English new terms dictionary
