fly-fish
verb (used without object)
to fish with artificial flies as bait.
fly-fisher
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a word derived from
fly-fish.
Example Sentences
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Outside of his professional life, Brittenham was a passionate fly-fisher with decades of experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
The 71-year-old writer, activist, expert fly-fisher and new grandfather welcomes me into his town home, just 50 steps from Rattlesnake Creek, to discuss what Michael Pietsch, his editor at Little, Brown, calls his “magnum opus.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Since returning home to Plains, Ga., Jimmy Carter, famed fly-fisher, softballer and jogger, has been honing his skills at yet another avocation.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took in a character at a glance, and threw a pun at you as dexterously as a fly-fisher casts his fly over a trout's nose.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
At page 6 of Salmonia," said Dr. Gooch, "it is stated that 'Nelson was a good fly-fisher, and continued the pursuit even with his left hand.'
From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Samuel Smiles
