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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art or hobby of making artificial fishing flies.
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Examples
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I'm a beginner at fly-tying, but I like to stock my vest with all the basics in various sizes.
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I'm a beginner at fly-tying, but I like to stock my vest with all the basics in various sizes.
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I stored my turkey, pheasant, and duck fly-tying feathers in a box in my work room.
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In review ... salt water, fresh water fly fishing at sea-level up to 5,000 feet, fly-tying legends who fish and document their publications with their own photographs only enhance who we are and how we fish our rain-sweetened rivers and lakes in Washington State.
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I stored my turkey, pheasant, and duck fly-tying feathers in a box in my work room.
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February is a great fly-tying month for many of us otherwise weather-bound northerners.
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Another suggestion that I have actually tried is to get yourself some thread (or you can start buying some basic fly-tying equipment) and do a couple of reinforcing knots to strengthen your flies.
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Another suggestion that I have actually tried is to get yourself some thread (or you can start buying some basic fly-tying equipment) and do a couple of reinforcing knots to strengthen your flies.
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The chapter also holds casting and fly-tying clinics and takes veterans fishing.
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In review ... salt water, fresh water fly fishing at sea-level up to 5,000 feet, fly-tying legends who fish and document their publications with their own photographs only enhance who we are and how we fish our rain-sweetened rivers and lakes in Washington State.
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