casting rod

American  

noun

1. a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.

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• spinning rod vs. casting rod

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casting rod

Fresh-water fishermen were experimenting with a new casting rod, a 22-inch contrivance of spring steel called a "stubcaster."

From Time Magazine Archive

Would advise the use of casting rod, not fly rod, spoons and 20-lb. nylon lines.

From Time Magazine Archive

You can even build a makeshift casting rod if you've forgotten or lost the real article.

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Charles Barker Bradford

Two hours later, he laid the tool aside, returned to the house, took up a casting rod with a silver spoon on the leader and stepped down to the slough.

From Swamp Cat by James Arthur Kjelgaard

Johnny produced a glass fish casting rod with a small wad of cloth tied to the weighted hook.

From Make Mine Homogenized by Kelly Freas

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