fly rod
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fly rod
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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That said, I’m not quite naive enough to believe that wading into a river with my fly rod has some greater meaning, or that it can cure everything that ails us.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
U.S. archive photos show them near a stream, Roosevelt holding a fly rod and Churchill a cigar.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023
Catching a fish the size of a small person with a willowy fly rod and a fly the size of your thumb is no easy matter.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
Since then, I’ve pulled my fly rod out only a handful of times, and as I write this it sits in the dusty corner of a garage, below a pile of winter jackets and backpacks.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2016
When he and Linda first moved to Milagro he bought a fiber glass fly rod and some salmon eggs, and that had been one way to work the tension from his system.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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