fly-fisher

An ardent bird watcher, devoted nature conservationist and fly-fisher, Paulson has an image that is quite apart from that of a typical Wall Street honcho.

Greener Pastures For Paulson 2006

He flourished it about and flung it forth as a fly-fisher flings his line.

Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006

Here he amused himself with angling in the Wandle, having been a good fly-fisher in former days, and learning now to practise with his left hand what he could no longer pursue as a solitary diversion.

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993

I have known a fly-fisher wretched for a whole day because he had not brought the bit of indiarubber with which he was in the habit of straightening out his cast; and a roach-fisher refuse to be comforted because his plummet was not.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

A distinctive suit for fishing is money well spent; and the fly-fisher especially requires something more than the commonplace cut of jacket.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

It was an understood thing for years that there was no sport for the fly-fisher with the trout at Wakatipu, but that theory has died out, for the very simple reason that the facts have altered.

Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile David Christie Murray

Of the two races _Salmo trutta_ alone is of much use to the fly-fisher.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

As regards the Query touching the possibility of my memory being treacherous respecting the colour of the bird, after a lapse of twenty-five years, more faith will be placed therein on my stating that I am an old fly-fisher, making my own flies: and that no strange bird ever came to hand without undergoing a searching scrutiny as to colour and texture of the feathers, with the view of converting it to fishing purposes.

Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various

_ -- The only other member of the salmon family in England which gives much sport to the fly-fisher is the grayling, a fish which possesses the recommendation of rising well in winter.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

_Hal_ -- Whilst you are preparing I will mention a circumstance which every accomplished fly-fisher ought to know.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 Various