grilse
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of grilse
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English grills, grilles (plural); further origin unknown
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Many of them returned in 1959 to give large runs of grilse to the native stream.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
At the sampling trap in the estuary of the Miramichi the count of grilse was only a fourth as large in 1959 as the year before.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Fishermen remarked on the extreme scarcity of grilse — the youngest group of returning fish.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
No. 8 hook on B. This is a famous grilse fly.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William
Leagues up the great river, after mounting several noisy but not difficult rapids, the grilse came to a halt for the first time in a deep and spacious pool which swarmed with his fellows.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Our return of grilses, too, exactly corresponds with this statement.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
Thus a few descending March smolts give a few ascending May grilses; while our April and May swarms of smolts yield our hordes of grilse in June and July.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
After July, grilses decrease in numbers till October, in proportion to the falling off of smolts from May to August.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
Mr Young commenced marking grilses, with a view to ascertain that they became salmon, as far back as 1837, and has continued to do so ever since, though never two seasons with the same mark.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various
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