Flyrod

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a thin, flexible fishing rod designed to cast an artificial fly

    "Though the flyrod remains Gowdy’s preference, the best way to characterize his angling style these days is: whatever it takes to get the big ones, an approach he attributes to a chance encounter 10 years ago in a Chinese restaurant near his home at the time in North Andover, Mass."

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"Though the flyrod remains Gowdy’s preference, the best way to characterize his angling style these days is: whatever it takes to get the big ones, an approach he attributes to a chance encounter 10 years ago in a Chinese restaurant near his home at the time in North Andover, Mass."

Etymology

From fly + rod.

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