fly-fish

[ flahy-fish ]
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verb (used without object)Angling.
  1. to fish with artificial flies as bait.

Origin of fly-fish

1
First recorded in 1745–55

Words Nearby fly-fish

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How to use fly-fish in a sentence

  • I have sometimes sought to drown care in the river, whither I go with gillie Bareshanks to fly-fish for trouts.

    Cardigan | Robert W. Chambers
  • We placed a stand of old useless salmon nets near the last sand point to create a back-water, from which to fly-fish.

    Canadian Wilds | Martin Hunter
  • The river is now in possession of a club of gentlemen, who will with great pleasure allow the stranger to fly fish.

  • Lough Con will be found also good, but the trout fishing is best in it—fly fish the river for salmon.

  • Thirty gentlemen might fly fish these waters without the least inconvenience, were the Salmon allowed to go free.

British Dictionary definitions for fly-fish

fly-fish

verb
  1. (intr) angling to fish using artificial flies as lures: See dry fly, wet fly

Derived forms of fly-fish

  • fly-fisher, noun
  • fly-fishing, noun

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