fly rod

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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

So I set off early, fully caffeinated with a fly rod in my backpack.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2016

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