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fly rod

noun

, Angling.

a light, extremely flexible fishing rod specially designed for use in fly-fishing.

fly rod

a light flexible rod, now usually made of fibreglass or split cane, used in fly-fishing

Origin of fly rod¹

First recorded in 1675–85

What a charm there is in a new bat, a new gun, a new fly-rod, a new racket; how one longs for an opportunity to try it!

Eventually I went to sleep and dreamed that I was hunting Mallards with a fly-rod baited with a stale doughnut.

I hope no aesthetic devotee of the fly-rod will lay down the book in disgust when I confess to a weakness for frogging.

I need hardly say that fish are not to be lifted out of the water with a fly-rod.

A fly rod should be a foot longer and at least two ounces lighter.

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