North East Fishing Terms

I don't pretend that these are phrases used exclusively by NE anglers or that
the spellings are correct. I'll add more as I remember them or hear new ones.

Fastner -- Hook or sinker caught on seabed
Topper ---- Good, great
Runnydown -- Black Lug
Billet --- Coalfish
Spotty Backed Pig --- Cod
Slimey --- Eel
Chesties, Geordie Pyjamas --- Chest waders
Flattie, (Coalie, whitey) bashing --- Catching lots of that species of fish
Rake (e.g. Raking the beach) --- Looking, searching
Cack Handed --- Left handed
Ower (eg. Up and Ower) -- Over
Mucky (e.g. The water's mucky) --- Dirty
Fleein (e.g. The bait went fleein out) --- Flying
Canny (e.g. The weather's canny) --- Good, decent, OK
Chuck (e.g. How far can you chuck it) --- Throw
Dinnit --- Don't
Shite --- Seaweed and other rubbish in the water.
Wrigglies --- Whiteworm
Skeer --- Rock edges, rock ledge or outcrop
Crap ---- No good, poor
Raggy --- Ragworm
Gadgy --- Man
Lob -- Casting short
Red army --- Eater crabs
Shenton --- Spinner invented by the late Dicky Shenton
Hoy --- Throw, cast
Poker --- Stiff rod
Brill --- Good, great, excellent

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