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Definition of Rodster
1. an angler [n -S] - See also: angler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rodster
Literary usage of Rodster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scientific Angler: Being a General and Instructive Work on Artistic Angling by David Foster (1883)
"To acquire the art of casting should be the lirst care of the rodster, ...
The water that happens to be nearest the rodster should be fished first, ..."
2. The Angler's Secret by Charles Bradford (1904)
"It is the same with fishing—what is piscatorial joy to one rodster may be "freshwater
fingerling catching " or "salt-water shark baiting" to others. ..."
3. The Book of the Pike by Onnie Warren Smith (1922)
"Never should the rodster be tempted to hurry, for haste is always destructive 'of
... It is wonderful what a cool and expert rodster can make his captures ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"The rodster and the gunster coming with a purpose are the men who know most about
the Peak scenery, for they have an incentive to spur them beyond the point ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1886)
"If of the slangy school, he may read the modern books in which a trolling rod is
spoken of as a " pike staff," an angler as a " rodster," while his quarry ..."
6. Fishing with the Fly: Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of by Charles F. Orvis, A. Nelson Cheney (1886)
"Enter a stream, say its average width is seventy-five or one hundred feet, few
of our mountain streams are so much, and a skilled rodster can cover it with ..."
7. Salmon and Trout by Dean Sage (1902)
"This frequently occurs on the stream and is a sad mishap, if the rodster has not
taken with him a few loose feathers, a small spool of silk, ..."
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