silver doctor

American  

noun

Angling.

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

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Etymology

Origin of silver doctor

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

“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 Lost Farm Camp by Knibbs, Harry Herbert

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

From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry

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 Fly Fishing in Wonderland by Klahowya

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 Fly Fishing in Wonderland by Klahowya