fly line

American  

noun

Angling.

1. a line for use in fly-fishing.

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Example Sentences

The motion is similar to pitching a baseball, but with the added challenge of controlling a fly line, which occasionally smacks her in the face or hits a bird.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2018

“Her casting loop, the rolling shape a fly line takes, it’s like every one is the same,” he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2018

This is where "on the fly" line changes get intriguing: The chess match between coaches becomes apparent as they seek out situational mismatches.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2015

Rash is an enormously gifted storyteller who knows exactly how to keep the dramatic tension in his fiction as taut as a fly line with a lunker on the hook.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2015

I will only say that if you have a grudge against some fisherman give him a fly line of artificial silk, 'most any kind.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.