fly-fishing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fly-fishing
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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In warmer weather, outdoor life shifts to hiking and fly-fishing in Spearfish Canyon Nature Area, a 20-mile gorge in Lead’s backyard lined with 1,000-foot limestone cliffs and waterfalls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
There is a fly-fishing area below the Lewiston Dam in a “fly stretch” of the Trinity River, according to the forest service.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
More than anything else, though, fly-fishing immerses me in nature and strips away my worries.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
Richard Harpin, co-founder of Homeserve, explains how an earring taught him a business lesson as a young entrepreneur, when he ran a fly-fishing business, for our CEO Secrets series.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023
Karl Johnson has since left the C.D.C., and he now spends a great deal of his time fly-fishing for A single Ebola-virus particle with a pronounced “shepherd’s crook”—in this case, a tangled double crook.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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