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Definition of Fly casting
1. Noun. Casting an artificial fly as a lure.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fly Casting
Literary usage of Fly casting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishing with the Fly: Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of by Charles F. Orvis, A. Nelson Cheney (1886)
"... fly casting FOE SALMON. BY GEORGE DAWSON. THEHE is no essential difference
between trout and salmon casting. The same general principles apply to both, ..."
2. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"Successful fly casting depends upon the close observance of the movements mentioned
... AMATEUR SINGLE-HANDED fly casting. EXPERT SINGLE-HANDED fly casting. ..."
3. Science of Fishing: The Most Practical Book on Fishing Ever Published by Arthur Robert Harding (1912)
"fly casting. HE mode of casting the artificial fly is something very different
from that employed in casting a bait, for in this the light tuft of feathers ..."
4. Pleasures of Angling with Rod and Reel for Trout and Salmon by George Dawson (1876)
"A SHORT ESSAY ON fly casting. But, Johnnie, I maun, as ye'r frien', warn ye that
it's no' the fly, nor the water, nor the rod, nor the win', nor the licht, ..."
5. Songs for Fishermen by Joseph Morris, St. Clair Adams (1922)
"fly casting A sport that lures the angler on Amid the silvery glint and gleam Of
eddy cool, or silent pool Along the shady fishing stream. ..."
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