Possible Clues:

• Gong due to be melted down to make little silver fish
• Fish from dugout gone off
• Small freshwater fish, often used as bait by anglers
• Old-fashioned resentment when leader goes for good fish
• Regret having to abandon river -- no flipping fish!
• Researched turning up information about old fish
• Swimmer, 19, in the middle chasing German
• Fish, or person easily cheated
• Small carp-like fish
• Bait fish