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noun Angling.
a booklike case for artificial flies.
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Origin of fly book

First recorded in 1840–50
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How to use fly book in a sentence

  • My leader was a piece of gut from my brother's 'cello; my flybook, an old wallet.

    The Joyful Heart|Robert Haven Schauffler

British Dictionary definitions for fly book

flybook
/ (ˈflaɪˌbʊk) /

noun
a small case or wallet used by anglers for storing artificial flies
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