LOCAL NAMES. 7 



Salmon Par, Pink, Smelt, and Salmon-fry — Same as par. 

 Sprag, or Salmonspring — Same as par (Northumberland). 

 Brandling, Fingerling, Black Fin, Blue Fin, Shed, 

 Skegger, Gravelling, Hepper, Laspring, and Gravel 

 Laspring — Same as par. Sperling, or Sparling— Same 

 as par (Wales). Spawn — Same as par (Dart). Moor-ged 

 and Morgate — Same as par (Somersetshire). Streamer — 

 Same as par (Tamar). Graveling — Same as par (South 

 Scotland). Smolt — The second stage, before migration to the 

 sea. Sprods — Same as smolts ; sometimes applied to sea-trout. 

 MoRT — Smolts and sea-trout (Cumberland). Grilse — Male 

 or female salmon on first return from the sea (England and 

 Scotland). Peal, or Peel — Same as grilse (Ireland). 

 Botcher — Same as grilse (Severn). Fork Tails — Grilse. 

 Red Fish — Male salmon shortly before spawning. Summer 

 Cock, Gib-fish — A spawning male (Northumberland). 

 Baggit — Female after spawning, or (sometimes) just before. 

 Gerling, Gil lion, or Gilling — On second return from the 

 sea (Severn). Kelt — Male or female after spawning. Mended 

 Kelt — Kelt partly recovered condition after spawning. 

 Spent Fish, Slat — Same as kelt. Shedder — Female after 

 spawning. Macks, Shrags — Same as shedder (Inverness). 

 Moffat Men — Kelts (Tay). Judy — A kelt (Kerry). Laurel 

 — A well-mended kelt — i.e., one that has recovered a good deal 

 from effects of spawning (Severn). Kipper — A fish too much 

 out of condition to be otherwise treated than by kippering. 



SEA-TROUT. 



Salmon-trout — Same as sea-trout. Salmon-peal — Sea- 

 trout (Devon and Cornwall). White Trout — Sea-trout 

 (Ireland). Sewin — Sea^trout (Wales). Truff — Sea-trout 

 (Devon). Scurf, Scurve, Salmon-scurf, or Cochivie— 

 Sea-trout (Tees). Round-tail — Sea-trout (Annan). Ford- 

 wiCH Trout — Sea-trout (Kent, Stour). Lammas-men — Sea- 

 trout in August (Scotland). Bull-trout — A variety of sea- 

 trout found principally in Coquet and Tweed. Grey Salmon 

 — Same as bull-trout (Tweed). Musselburgh Trout — Bull- 

 trout (Edinburgh and Dalkeith). Phinoc, or Finnock — Sea- 



