fly rod
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Hired as the town’s fill-in sheriff—his predecessor having been found dead in his underwear, in the snow, holding a fly rod and an ice auger—Ulysses Richardson does his best to maintain discipline on the force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
That said, I’m not quite naive enough to believe that wading into a river with my fly rod has some greater meaning, or that it can cure everything that ails us.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
U.S. archive photos show them near a stream, Roosevelt holding a fly rod and Churchill a cigar.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023
“Within two minutes, he had his fly rod out and had hooked a 12-pounder. I couldn’t even stand up on the boat, but Lefty was like a rock; nothing could move him.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2018
When he and Linda first moved to Milagro he bought a fiber glass fly rod and some salmon eggs, and that had been one way to work the tension from his system.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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