...is the clue in this month's T&S crossword.

L _ E

"lie" or "lye"?

I would have assumed "lie" but a quick google for the correct spelling in a salmon context brings up some hits for "lye".

Any help appreciated

[quote=thetrouttickler;1114910]I would have assumed "lie" but a quick google for the correct spelling in a salmon context brings up some hits for "lye".[/quot

Would have assumed the gramatically correct word is lye, as in lying down.
Whereas to lie is a porky pie!
However I am of an age where text speak and *******isation of the langauage is a new phenomenon!!
regards
bert

To my mind its lie ,lye is a part of soap manufacture !

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Andy Wren
Winter grayling taking a year off !
Claret not just a great dubbing colour!

I have never even seen the word 'lye' before. Surely it is lie.

To be correct one would lay in a bed and not lie or for that matter lye.

'Lye' would appear to be soemthing to do with caustic soda .

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Time is a stream I go fishing in.

Lie.

Agree with the Lawman.
LIE.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Lie is correct-lye was once used to make soap.

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The scenery in the Grand Coulee area of eastern Washington was worth the air fare on its own!

Yes; lie.

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Save the softmouth trout

Thank you all.

Pit? That's what mine's called.