Sentences with phrase «gaff head»

He cut the gaff head free and propped the sapling back where it had been.

First, with his sharp knife he cut a 12 - foot - tall hazel sapling; then, without allowing it to fall out of line with the others, he drew it down by the root end until it was on the ground, cut a foot off the top, then lashed on the gaff head with the cord.

Not exact matches

Captain Mitch told me to guide it to the boat's edge, where in one quick motion he leaned over, grabbed the line, pulled the fish into the air, and whacked it on the head with the back of his gaff, stunning it temporarily, then hooking it and pulling it into the boat.