fly fishing definition

fly fishing means angling by the use of an artificial fly or flies that are attached to a line or to a leader that is attached to a line.
fly fishing means to fish for sports fish with fly rod and fly reel and fly line and artificial fly.
fly fishing means all facets of Fly fishing and casting of which the rules and regulations are approved by the relevant national and/or international bodies.

Examples of fly fishing in a sentence

  • Our annual Introduction to Fly- fishing Workshop went quite well.


More Definitions of fly fishing

fly fishing means the use of a single rod, reel, fly line or blow line and a single cast carrying not more than 3 artificial or winged natural flies;
fly fishing means the act of rod fishing from the shore, bank or a boat which is drifting or being rowed or mechanically propelled through water, by retrieving, trailing or leaving static, on, in, under or through the water, a fishing line with a number of hooks, made up as artificial flies;
fly fishing means angling with the use of a fly reel, fly rod, fly line, leader and a fly or flies. Additional weight may be built into the fly in its construction, as in a weighted nymph, and additional weight may be attached to the leader. The use of strike indicators, as defined in this section, is permitted.
fly fishing means fishing using a rod and line and an artificial fly as bait;
fly fishing means the use of a single rod, reel (including a fixed spool reel), fly line or blow line and a single cast carrying not more than three artificial or winged natural flies but does not include the use of a bubble float in conjunction with artificial or winged natural flies;

Related to fly fishing

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