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

Other tubs, covered with black netting, contained tiny eel-like fish for wealth, silver “doctor fish” for good health, tiny turtles for long life and frogs that the seller said would cleanse bad karma.

From New York Times

What was that, just beyond the little wavelet where my Silver Doctor had fallen?

From Project Gutenberg

Of the standard patterns of flies the most successful are the coachman, royal coachman, black hackle, Parmacheene Belle, with the silver doctor for lake fishing, in the order named.

From Project Gutenberg

They rise eagerly to the silver doctor fly, a half dozen often breaking at once, any one of which is a weight for a rod.

From Project Gutenberg

“Well, catch me assassinating angleworms when I can use one of these little bedizened bugs,” he said, selecting a silver doctor from the fly-book.

From Project Gutenberg