fishing-line

His specialty is setting delicate fishing-line bird snares, which he conceals all around the runway.

Battling Afghan Hares and Hamsters 2011

Mr. Arif's specialty is setting delicate fishing-line bird snares, which he conceals all around the runway.

In Afghanistan, the War on Jirds Is Actually Going Pretty Well Michael M. Phillips 2011

He's a former nuclear engineer turned fishing-line geek and a really knowledgeable guy.

On Pound-Test and Knots John Merwin 2008

[OLAF, with a fishing-line in his hand, comes running up the garden and in through the verandah.]

Pillars of Society 2008

[OLAF, with a fishing-line in his hand, comes running up the garden and in through the verandah.]

Pillars of Society 2008

I needed to get the string braided dacron fishing-line through the hole in the metal rod on the left.

Life with a touring puppeteer: 1998, Day 11 maryrobinette 2007

In a rocky bay about latitude 11 degrees 40 minutes we had soundings at 100 fathoms, though outside the same bay we found none with a fishing-line of 116 fathoms; but this cast was unsatisfactory, as the line broke in coming up.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

There was part of a stanchion left erect, belonging to the bulwark near the fore-chains, so, going under the lowermost side of the wreck, he took the cord he had made on shore, and fastening a stone to it that Enee used for a sinker to her fishing-line, he cast it over the stanchion after the manner of the lasso wielded by South

Ralph Rashleigh 2004

This same fish has the power of firmly catching hold of any object, such as the blade of an oar or the fishing-line, with the strong spine both of its pectoral and dorsal fin.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Probably each of the blacks will have his fishing-line, for sometimes the turtle do not rise according to expectations.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003