silver doctor

noun

, Angling.

1. a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of silver doctor¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Going to hang the Indian sign on them with a silver doctor and a Jock Scott.

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Here is a big Silver Doctor that may do as the water is thick.

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Now we will straighten out a leader and choose some flies—a silver doctor and a queen of the water—how would those do?

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Try a good big Silver Doctor; these big fellows ought to take it.

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I therefore put on a large Silver Doctor, and began steadily fishing down the ash-tree cast.

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