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
U.S. archive photos show them near a stream, Roosevelt holding a fly rod and Churchill a cigar.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023
There is the mythic adventure of trekking to a mountain river, a fly rod in hand for catching wild trout.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2022
Catching a fish the size of a small person with a willowy fly rod and a fly the size of your thumb is no easy matter.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
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
