fly rod
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fly rod
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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Hired as the town’s fill-in sheriff—his predecessor having been found dead in his underwear, in the snow, holding a fly rod and an ice auger—Ulysses Richardson does his best to maintain discipline on the force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
That said, I’m not quite naive enough to believe that wading into a river with my fly rod has some greater meaning, or that it can cure everything that ails us.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
U.S. archive photos show them near a stream, Roosevelt holding a fly rod and Churchill a cigar.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023
The way the river on August mornings, when you stand on the cobbles at dawn with your fly rod, smells of rich urgent rot and the beginnings of the world.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2021
When he and Linda first moved to Milagro he bought a fiber glass fly rod and some salmon eggs, and that had been one way to work the tension from his system.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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