And nicely confirmed by Andrew!

Honestly, I thought this would be one of the harder ones. Well done!

Line 1: Smelt are a family (in the taxonomic sense) of fish, the Osmeridae family. They produce those tiny bright orange eggs you see in sushi platters.

Line 2: Smelt Dipping is a popular pastime up North.

Line 3: As a verb, “to smelt” is to melt the metal out of ore rock…

Line 4: …but “smelt” is also the past tense form of “to smell” which is how one might inspect a fine wine.

It’s worth noting that each of the four lines ends in a different letter. Also, I get class points for not including this line:

And when seeking who dealt it, I’m one way to know.

(Brian questioned his response, so it doesn’t count.)