fly casting

American  

noun

Angling.

1. the act or technique of casting with an artificial fly as the lure, the rod used being longer and more flexible than that used in bait casting.

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Etymology

Origin of fly casting

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

In the five years since Maxine began fly casting — which she describes as “fly fishing without the fish” — she has become the sport’s youngest champion.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2018

Bean owns woodland that is used for snow-sport classes, sport shooting, archery and fly casting.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2017

Details: 425-455-1986 or www.washingtonoutdoorwomen.org. • The Washington Fly-Fishing Club is offering beginner and advanced fly casting classes beginning in early April at the Green Lake Casting Pier in Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2010

I had been through this with him in fly casting, in archery and weight lifting and spelunking, in all of which he had developed complete mystiques.

From SAT Tests

He sat by our fly, casting looks across the channel, up toward the hillside where the hundred cook-fires of the enemy light up the night.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson