fly-fish

verb

To fish using a fly (fishing lure) as bait.

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Meanings

verbfly-fish (third-person singular simple present fly-fishes, present participle fly-fishing, simple past and past participle fly-fished)

present singular third person fly-fishes · participle present fly-fishing · participle past fly-fished · past fly-fished

  1. To fish using a fly (fishing lure) as bait.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbfish with flies as lures

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Translations

Finnish perhostaa
  • perhostaato fish with a fly
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Chicago

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