Possible Clues:

• Husband, wayward one could be soused
• Fish that's often pickled
• This fish is salted and smoked to produce a bloater
• Pickled fish
• Husband, not sinless but something of a catch?
• The girl's call -- must be fish
• "Red" distraction or pickled fish
• Fish losing way at Humber's mouth
• Possibly red hero?
• A prospective spouse may show it off? Something fishy here