fly book

noun

, Angling.

1. a booklike case for artificial flies.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fly book¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

And so one recent evening I pulled into Athens, Ga., the 10th stop on my 15-city, self-engineered, all-drive, no-fly book tour.

From The Daily Beast

There was no more to be said or done, except to hunt for another fly in the trout fly-book.

From Project Gutenberg

And with this he unrolls his "fly-book," and lays upon the table bank-bills to the amount of one hundred thousand francs.

From Project Gutenberg

The Major (on his way to try for the big trout, and pondering on his fly-book).

From Project Gutenberg

A fly-book will be needed to contain flies and also leaders.

From Project Gutenberg

Fill your fly-book and stick them all over the crown of your hat.

From Project Gutenberg