Fly line is a fishing line used by fly anglers to cast artificial flies using a fly rod. Fly lines evolved from horsehair lines described by Izaak Walton...
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that are cast with a fly rod and a fly line. The fly line (today, almost always coated with plastic) is heavy enough to send the fly to the target. The...
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insects and small crustaceans Fly rods - a specialized type of light fishing rod designed to cast fly line and artificial flies Fly reels - a specialized type...
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ESTA (now PLASA). The line set is the fundamental machine of a typical fly system. The function of a typical line set is to fly (raise and lower) a slender...
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Batted ball (redirect from Fly-ball)
Batted balls are either fair or foul, and can be characterized as a fly ball, pop-up, line drive, or ground ball. In baseball, a foul ball counts as a strike...
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Fishing rod (redirect from Fly rod)
lure, a fly rod uses the weight of the fly line for casting, and lightweight rods are capable of casting the very smallest and lightest fly. Typically...
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pteron "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as...
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An artificial fly or fly lure is a type of fishing lure, usually used in the sport of fly fishing (although they may also be used in other forms of angling)...
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tip of the line, thus creating a taper that allows the line to cast the fly. It serves the same purpose as the fly-line, to propel a fly forward. They...
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Look up on the fly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. On the fly is a phrase used to describe something that is being changed while the process that the...
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