fly rod
3
4.6
- noun
- /flaɪ rɒd/
- Specialized
:
caña de pescar
- The experienced angler skillfully cast his fly rod to reach the perfect spot for trout fishing.
- a bamboo fly rod
- a graphite fly rod
- a light fly rod
Examples
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Philip doesn't use a pole and worms but fishes with a fly rod.
Fiction book (1996) -
When the canyon was in shadow, he spilled the fly rod from its case, assembled it, and fastened on the reel.
Fiction book (1990) -
But make sure I'm sitting on the Shadow with a fly rod in my hand.
Fiction book (1993) -
She's got a fly rod and a tackle box.
Fiction book (1999) -
I suppose every fly fisher develops some sort of way of choosing their favorite or best fly rod.
Blog text (31) -
I'd wake up and take my fly rod over to the other side of the meadow.
Fiction book (1991) -
Grabbing only my fly rod and tackle box, I go off fishing with my kids.
Academic text (1994) -
I bought the cheapest fly rod Orvis offered and fished the Green and other area rivers off and on for the next year.
Fiction book (1998) -
Hunter has brought his homemade fly rod along, and with a few other eager anglers, he has selected the day's flies from among dozens in his case.
Academic text (1997) -
The guide handed the old man his fishing gear—a bamboo fly rod with an old Pflueger reel and a tiny wooden box of dry flies.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
148
2.1
A long thin stick of metal or wood used for a specific purpose
12
1.4
A long thin rod used to catch fish by holding a line and throwing it into the water
9
1.3
A long, thin pole used to catch fish
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun compound combines 'fly' (a fishing lure) and 'rod' (a long stick/tool), so the meaning 'a rod used for fly fishing' is directly and compositionally derivable from the constituents. This type of purpose/type compound is common cross-linguistically and should be clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Fly rod is named for the small fake fly used as bait and the long, flexible rod used to cast it. Because the 'fly' is very light, the rod must be long and bendy to throw the line, so today the name means a fishing rod made for fly fishing.