Foregrip – The grip on a rod butt immediately in front of the reel seat.
Flying gaff – A gaff head fitted to a pole and kept under tension by a rope. When the fish is gaffed the pole is removed to allow the fish…
Flying collar – another name for the flowing trace or gilling rig.
Foul-hook – To hook a fish other than in the mouth. Competition rules may allow fish to count if hook outwith the mouth.
French boom – A wire boom with a triangle shape at one end, which attaches to the trace and a single wire coming off of this to carry the snood.
Front drag reel – a fixed spool reel where the drag adjustment is on the spool.
Gaff – A large hook attached to a pole used to land big fish.
Gear ratio – The number of times that the spool of a reel rotates while the handle is rotated once.
Gemini lead – A type of grip lead where the wires are housed in a detachable plastic nose cone.
Gill arch – The structure behind the gill covers of a bony fish (or within the gill slits of a cartilaginous fish) that supports the gills.