What's a Pinkie?

I have female fans, can you believe it? No neither could I but a friend of mine Sara Simpson, said she had read the blog but found the jargon off putting! her pal Beverley Townshend agreed - read the blog; found it entertaining but thought a pinkie was your little finger.

Not sure I am qualified to explain, and experienced guys will probably laugh all the way to their peg - whats a peg I here you say.

So please excuse the layout of this entry but its Jargon buster time:

• The All in = start of the match
• Blank or blanked = Fished the whole match and failed to catch a fish
• Commercial lake / fishery = a lake built (generally in the last couple of decades) specifically to stock fish and sell day tickets to people who want to fish.Commercials generally have a purpose built cafe, toilets and easy access to the bank side and parking.
• The Draw = Fishermen draw tickets to fish a numbered peg (see peg below)
• Dry net = same as a blank
• Fine down = River returning to normal levels after being in flood.
• Natural water = Fishery (River, Lake or Canal) has irregular depths, bank side shape, well established features (islands etc) - and is not been built in the last 20 years.
• 05 or 06 bottom = the numbers relate to fishing line diameter in millimetres 05 being thinner than 06.
• Pinkie = a small maggot pink in colour(bred from the common green house fly ? not sure if this is true)
• Peg = a designated space to put your seat down and fish.  Sometimes called a swim.  Generally has a little peg or post stuck in the ground with a number on it; i.e. if i draw peg four, I walk to peg four on the bank tackle up and wait for the all in.
• Pellet = a man made bait shaped like a pea (soft pellets are soaked and you can push your hook into its middle - hard pellet is held on the hook by tiny elastic band)
• Pot in = The pot is a little cup you put on the end of your pole.  You place bait in the pot and ship your pole out tipping it upside down at the point you want to fish, depositing your bait into the water.
• Pop up - a bait that has buoyancy. Place a weight on the line and allow the bait to float upwards towards the surface.  This is useful if the bottom of the lake is covered by detritus.
• Rig = A length of fishing line with float weights and hook already attached. You attach rig to elastic that runs through the top sections of your pole.
• Section in a match = Matches comprise of a number of individuals competing to catch the heaviest weight of fish in an allotted time frame.  Generally, the overall number of participants say 30 is dived into 3 sections of 10, with smaller cash prizes for winning section as opposed to winning the match.
• Silvers = Silver coloured fish and those that are not part of the carp family species.
• Slab = A fish called a Bream.  In my younger days a slab was a Bream of around 2lb+ in weight.  These days I rarely here this - now it appears a slab is 5lb in weight.
• Skimmer - a small Bream up to 2lb in weight. 
• Top 4 = The top 4 sections of your pole.  Poles are made up of around 6 to 8+ sections that slide together, to make long pole.

Sara, Bev hope this helps. Thanks for following midsectionblues.