fly-cast
Americanverb (used without object)
Example Sentences
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He loved to camp, cook burritos over an open fire and fly-cast for trout on the Grande Ronde River.
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 28, 2012
No piece of personal adornment was it, without which he would not act, but rather that which now is called the fly-cast, or the gut-cast, or the trace, or what it may be.
From Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
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