grannom, granam
(ˈgrænəm, -æm)
A kind of fly (see quots.); also an imitation of it used in fly-fishing.
| 1787 Best Angling (ed. 2) 112 The Granam-fly is a four-winged fly; as it swims down the water its wings lie flat on its back, it has a small bunch of eggs of a green colour which gives it the name of the Green-tail-fly. 1834 Medwin Angler in Wales I. 29 The first dropper was a granam, or green-tail. 1889 H. Cholmondeley-Pennell Fishing (Badm. Libr.) 283 The grannom..is a reddish brown insect, not uncommon in the bushy reaches of many southern streams. |