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I wonder if that could be due to the fact that trout are game fish ?

 

Most definately Ian.Dont know where it originated (ie game fishing or shooting) but I reckon its become a pretty accepted term for two fish of any species.

And thats my "non indicative opinion"!

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brace /breɪs/

 

▶noun

1. a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support: a neck brace. ■ a strengthening piece of iron or timber used in building or carpentry. ■ (also braces) a wire device fitted in the mouth to straighten the teeth. ■ (also brace and bit) a drilling tool with a crank handle and a socket to hold a bit. ■ a rope attached to the yard of a ship for trimming the sail.

2. (braces) (Brit.) a pair of straps that pass over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them up.

3. (pl. same) a pair of something, typically of birds or mammals killed in hunting: thirty brace of grouse.

4. (Printing) either of the two marks { and }, used either to indicate that two or more items on one side have the same relationship as each other to the single item to which the other side points, or in pairs to show that words between them are connected. ■ (Music) a similar mark connecting staves to be performed at the same time.

 

▶verb [with obj.] make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support: the posts were braced by lengths of timber.

■ press (one's body or part of one's body) firmly against something in order to stay balanced: she braced her feet against a projecting shelf | he stood with legs braced.

■ prepare (someone) for something difficult or unpleasant: both stations are bracing themselves for job losses.

 

- ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘clasp, fasten tightly’): from Old French bracier ‘embrace’, from brace ‘two arms’, from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium ‘arm’, from Greek brakhiōn.

 

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In common fishing usage, two fish of the same species caught in the same session/day.

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Most definately Ian.Dont know where it originated (ie game fishing or shooting) but I reckon its become a pretty accepted term for two fish of any species.

Looked up some of the etymology. Seems to derive from Greek Brakhion (arm) Latin Bracchium (arm, forearm) French Bras (arm again). Also Brace an old measurement of the length of both arms.

 

So it could be a pair or even an armful!

 

Oops, looks like we posted together Anderoo.

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I first heard the term applied to trout, is has to be said. I think it's also used where there's a certain sentimentality or angling romance to it, like with fly-caught stream trout or grayling....sigh!

 

You know what I mean.

 

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What do you consider to be a brace of fish?

 

I know it is two fish but how about when thay are caught.

 

When talking of a big brace if you are doing a weeks session and catch one fish on Sunday and one on friday is this a brace.

 

I would venture to say that a brace should be caught in the same session within 24 hours of each other.

 

What do you think?

unless i've missed my mark Brace is a shooting term which generally gets used by a certain type who probably think of themselves as 'Game hunters'. the perfect Brace being a male and female. I fish for game around now and am guilty of calling my favorite swims my beats but the people who catch braces of stuff look at me in horror, stumbling along with a float rod, smelly jeans, trainers and polarised glasses, i must look some kind of low end celebrity fallen on really hard times, maybe living in the woods and fishing for food?

 

loving the 'brace of Cod' remark....i may get an airgun, just so i can bag a brace of rats

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I once had a brace of very game birds......................................

 

Den

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I once had a brace of very game birds......................................

 

Den

 

 

:lol:

 

 

Did you give them a good bit of stuffing...................

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