finnock

/ ˈfɪnək /

noun

1. a young sea trout on its first return to fresh water

Word History and Origins

Origin of finnock¹

originally Scot: from Gaelic fionnag , from fionn white

Example Sentences

The life-history of sea-trout is much the same as that of salmon, and the fish on their first return from the sea in the grilse-stage are called by many names, finnock, herling and whitling being perhaps the best known.

From Project Gutenberg

His father had brought home a large and curious assortment of feathers from the Himalayas; Mr. Grant sent far and wide for further supplies of suitable and distinctive material, and then he devoted himself to the task of dressing hundred after hundred of fly-hooks of every known pattern and of every size, from the great three-inch hook for heavy spring water to the dainty little "finnock" hook scarcely larger than a trout fly.

From Project Gutenberg