Usually means: Fishing line hanging vertically downward.
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▸ noun:  A long, vertical fishing line having a series of hooks.

Similar:
drop line, stagger head, staggered head, stephead, stepped line, fishline, fishing line, longline, trotline, snell, more...

Opposite:
baseline, upline, ascender

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Similar:
drop line, stagger head, staggered head, stephead, stepped line, fishline, fishing line, longline, trotline, snell, more...

Opposite:
baseline, upline, ascender



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