microfishing

alternative micro fishing · alternative micro-fishing

1. uncountableThe practice of fishing for small fish.

   'We did not go out microfishing. We hope that the whole truth will eventually emerge so that, in the matter of quarantine regulations, Mr Cunningham will be seen to be an innocent victim of somebody else's crime. [...]

   1996, Hammond, Gerald, 1926-, Mad dogs & Scotsmen, pages 224-225

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   Commercially tied artificials are dressed on hooks with both turned-up and turned-down eyes. I use both, but after many seasons of microfishing I’m convinced that the turnedup eye has better hooking qualities as its rake [...]

   1988, McClane, A. J. (Albert Jules), 1922-, The compleat McClane : a treasury of A.J. McClane's classic angling adventures, New York : E.P. Dutton, page 66

   After two hours of microfishing, my vision is blurry and I can’t focus anymore. After getting through about three months of the 1970 New York Post, I was afraid to walk out of the building and down into the subway due to the impression it left on my psyche.

   2013, Schindler, Steven, The last sewer ball : a novel, page 234