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View synonyms for fly rod

fly rod

noun

, Angling.
  1. a light, extremely flexible fishing rod specially designed for use in fly-fishing.


fly rod

noun

  1. a light flexible rod, now usually made of fibreglass or split cane, used in fly-fishing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fly rod1

First recorded in 1675–85
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Example Sentences

What a charm there is in a new bat, a new gun, a new fly-rod, a new racket; how one longs for an opportunity to try it!

Eventually I went to sleep and dreamed that I was hunting Mallards with a fly-rod baited with a stale doughnut.

I hope no aesthetic devotee of the fly-rod will lay down the book in disgust when I confess to a weakness for frogging.

I need hardly say that fish are not to be lifted out of the water with a fly-rod.

A fly rod should be a foot longer and at least two ounces lighter.

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