Guddling

/ˈɡʌdlɪŋ/ noun

Definition

The practice or technique of catching fish by hand, groping under banks and stones in shallow water.

Etymology

From guddle + -ing (gerund/present participle suffix). Creates a noun for the activity itself, common in Scots and Northern English dialect.

Kelly Says

Guddling is becoming a lost skill as rivers are monitored and poaching penalized, but survival schools now teach it as a legitimate wilderness skill—the same technique, just legal context changed.

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