flyrod

plural flyrods · alternative fly rod · alternative fly-rod

1. a thin, flexible fishing rod designed to cast an artificial fly

   Though the flyrod remains Gowdy’s preference, the best way to characterize his angling style these days is: whatever it takes to get the big ones, an approach he attributes to a chance encounter 10 years ago in a Chinese restaurant near his home at the time in North Andover, Mass.

   2008 June 21, Peter Kaminsky, “Taking His Cue From the Fish”, in New York Times