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Parr, Pink, or Graveling. — Young fish with 

 parr-marks, ranging up to 6 or 7, or, ex- 

 ceptionally, as much as 9 or 10 inches in length, 

 living in fresh water until they are about two and 

 a quarter years old, rarely more or less. 



Smolts. — Young fish preparing to descend to 

 the sea or actually on their way there, with the 

 parr-marks obscured by a bright silvery livery, 

 usually about two and a quarter years old, and 

 about 6 inches long. 



Grilse or Salmon Peal. — Fish normally 

 from three to three and a half years old, which 

 went to the sea as smolts in the preceding season ; 

 rarely weighing less than 1^ or more than 10 lbs.; 

 a large number of grilse enter the rivers during 

 the summer months in order to spawn in the 

 autumn. 



Salmon. — Older fish which have either spawned 

 as grilse or have passed through the grilse stage in 

 the sea ; according to the season when they enter 

 the rivers they are known as Sp7'ing^ Summe7\ 

 Autumn, and Winter Salmon ; Winter Salmon, how- 

 ever, may be divided into Late Autumn Salmon, 

 unclean fish which spawn as soon as they enter 

 fresh water, and Early Spring Salmon , clean fish 

 which do not spawn until the following autumn. 



Maiden Salmon. — Fish which have never 

 spawned and are entering fresh water for the first 

 time. 



Droppers. — Winter or early spring Salmon 

 which drop back to the sea and reascend later in 

 the season. 



Fresh-run Fish. — Fish which have recently 

 entered fresh water. 



