Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The route habitually taken by a bird in its regular migration.
  • noun A line used for angling with an artificial fly.

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Examples

  • My old pal Bruce Richards, who just retired as Scientific Anglers 'fly-line guru and is one of the best fly-casting instructors I know, once told me that he tries to find one thing that might help a particular caster and then relays that one thing only.

    A BMW-Free Fish Hunt 2009

  • Fly fishing is using the weight of your fly-line to cast and present a fly.

    Putting the "Fly" in Flyfishing? 2009

  • Fly fishing is using the weight of your fly-line to cast and present a fly.

    Putting the "Fly" in Flyfishing? 2009

  • My old pal Bruce Richards, who just retired as Scientific Anglers 'fly-line guru and is one of the best fly-casting instructors I know, once told me that he tries to find one thing that might help a particular caster and then relays that one thing only.

    A BMW-Free Fish Hunt 2009

  • Punching a fly-line into oncoming wind is pretty thankless, and to begin with, to his sister's undisguised satisfaction, he struggles.

    We're all hooked on fishing now 2010

  • The kid had one of those knotless, tapered leaders that comes with a loop tied in the thick (fly-line) end.

    Flyfishing Dirty 2004

  • So we have to use artifice, and lift our Posthof above the fly-line and the mosquito-line into the night air.

    Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

  • So we have to use artifice, and lift our Posthof above the fly-line and the mosquito-line into the night air.

    Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878

  • So we have to use artifice, and lift our Posthof above the fly-line and the mosquito-line into the night air.

    Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

  • Experience and reason were all against the attempt, yet so delightful is the mere motion and delicate touch of the fly-line on the water that I could not but let myself enjoy that at least.

    The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies 1867

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