flytier

[flahy-tahy-er]

noun

Angling.

1. a person who makes artificial lures for fly-fishing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flytier¹

First recorded in 1880–85; fly ¹ + tier ²

Example Sentences

He was also an obsessional flytier — his bible was a book by a long-ago Victorian devotee of the sport, a guide to creating elaborate and beautiful salmon fishing lures with the feathers of rare and exotic birds.

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He adds, “I know of several other museums that suffered thefts of specimens by another flytier whose identity has never been revealed and who never faced justice.”

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He was also a champion salmon flytier.

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They didn’t realize that the 20-year-old, enrolled as a flautist at the Royal Academy of Music, was also a master salmon flytier, after a meteoric ascent within the cultish community.

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