regional names for fish

chav professor · Jul 10, 2011

As is clear, scientific names are clumsy and well, difficult to pronounce and spell in my predicament..... But what would interesr me is are there any unusual regional names or terms used to name common fish?

e.g. Dace = Silver dart
salmon = Silver tourist? (or is that seas trout)
Chub = logger head, chavender, chevin
Bream = slabs
Roach = livebait

etc..........

Lord Paul of Sheffield · Jul 10, 2011

Greylin - lady of the stream

barbelboi · Jul 10, 2011

Skimmer ************!:wh

flightliner · Jul 10, 2011

barbelboi said:
Skimmer ************!:wh

gonk=gudgeon
butt=.bullhead

S-Kippy · Jul 10, 2011

Not regional but me and Big Phil always refer to small roach as either "scribes" or "mumfords" after Ray Mumford who was a bit of a small fish expert in his match fishing hey day.

dezza · Jul 10, 2011

Eels - several regional names for these:

Snigs
Grigs
Gorges
Grabs

steph mckenzie · Jul 10, 2011

I refer to small fish as - Eyes
Perch - Stripeys or Spineys

barbelboi · Jul 10, 2011

S-Kippy said:
Not regional but me and Big Phil always refer to small roach as either "scribes" or "mumfords" after Ray Mumford who was a bit of a small fish expert in his match fishing hey day.

Skippy As I mentioned in an earlier thread, since moving house some two years ago, I am having a sort out of my old angling books and the few magazines I retained. I came across an interesting article about fishing for chub on the Avon, by Ray Mumford, using a 7’ rod in the first edition of Creel, July 1963 Drawings by BV of course!.

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little oik · Jul 10, 2011

I remember My Father coming home from fishing one day saying he had been "Snotty "bashing at lalelham (Ruffe)

Paul Boote · Jul 10, 2011

West London Wide Boy parlance of old:

Pike - "Snapper"

Trout (only fit to be bait-fished for - and removed, then fried and eaten - from some posh bloke's water) - "Spotty" / "Spotties".

Plus Stripey / Stripies, of course...

keora · Jul 11, 2011

Yorkshire:

Bleak = Willow Blade

Ruffe = Tommy Ruffe or just Tommy

mol · Jul 11, 2011

Keith2 said:
Yorkshire:

Bleak = Willow Blade

Ruffe = Tommy Ruffe or just Tommy

When I lived in Lancashire we use to call them Tom ruffe too.

Billy = small perch

Cocky = any small fish

thames steve · Jul 11, 2011

bullhead = millers thumb
ruffe = pope

Not sure if they're regional terms though...they might be called that everywhere

dezza · Jul 11, 2011

North Manchester

Female angler - Ruffe Slapper!

gentle · Jul 11, 2011

Durham. Not sure if these are peculiar to my group of madhead mates mind!

Pasty or greggs special - Small bream.
Brucey bonus. rudd - undershot jaw.
Blegg - pouting.
Gudgie - Gudgeon
Bootlace - eel small

Last week a friend of mine referred to a chub as a Lesley Ash.

As I say im not sure how many are confimed regional names but I like them.

G.

S-Kippy · Jul 11, 2011

gentle said:
Last week a friend of mine referred to a chub as a Lesley Ash.

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Lesley Ash

Im not getting that at all.

barbelboi · Jul 11, 2011

The good old 'trout pout'

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S-Kippy · Jul 11, 2011

Right...I was thinking Northern Rhyming slang.

gentle · Jul 11, 2011

S-Kippy said:
Lesley Ash

Im not getting that at all.

Tough lips.

dannytaylor · Jul 11, 2011

"Billy", for a perch,

"dog roach", large roach,

"charlie" large carp

"bin lid"/"slab" big bream

from the glossary of leigh (lancashire) fishing jargon.

regional names for fish

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