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fly-fishing

[flahy-fish-ing] / ˈflaɪˌfɪʃ ɪŋ /


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There is a fly-fishing area below the Lewiston Dam in a “fly stretch” of the Trinity River, according to the forest service.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

In his 1998 book “The Virtues of Aging,” he urged retirees to remain active and engaged, and he followed his own advice, continuing to jog, play tennis and go fly-fishing well into his 80s.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

Which means it’s time for me to go fly-fishing.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

Richard Harpin, co-founder of Homeserve, explains how an earring taught him a business lesson as a young entrepreneur, when he ran a fly-fishing business, for our CEO Secrets series.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

Karl Johnson has since left the C.D.C., and he now spends a great deal of his time fly-fishing for A single Ebola-virus particle with a pronounced “shepherd’s crook”—in this case, a tangled double crook.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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