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Definition of Fly-fish
1. Verb. Fish with flies as lures.
Definition of Fly-fish
1. Verb. To fish using a fly (fishing lure) as bait. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fly-fish
Literary usage of Fly-fish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Sketch of New South Wales by J. O. Balfour (1845)
"... fly — Fish — Trees—Minerals — Mountains — Rivers—Soil —Australian Plains.
NEW SOUTH WALES is much favoured in being almost entirely exempt from ..."
2. The Angler's Note-book and Naturalist's Record: A Repertory of Fact, Inquiry (1880)
"NOTES :— Page Grayling t ishing 18 How to fly-fish for Trout and Where Fish-rearing
and Fish-catching in China 19 Pisciculture in Germany 19 Fishing for ..."
3. The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Edward Fitzgibbon (1854)
"Such experience was amply sufficient, for he who could successfully fly-fish in
the limpid waters of those rivers, need not hesitate to wet a fly anywhere. ..."
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