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View synonyms for fly rod
fly rod
noun
, Angling.
- a light, extremely flexible fishing rod specially designed for use in fly-fishing.
fly rod
noun
- a light flexible rod, now usually made of fibreglass or split cane, used in fly-fishing
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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!
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Eventually I went to sleep and dreamed that I was hunting Mallards with a fly-rod baited with a stale doughnut.
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I hope no aesthetic devotee of the fly-rod will lay down the book in disgust when I confess to a weakness for frogging.
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I need hardly say that fish are not to be lifted out of the water with a fly-rod.
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A fly rod should be a foot longer and at least two ounces lighter.
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