How to Use fly rod in a Sentence

fly rod

noun
  • What about your fly rod display racks?
    — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • Montoro picked up a pair on a fly rod with a black ant pattern.
    — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Try your hand at weaving a fish weir or craft a split bamboo fly rod.
    — Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2019
  • For my part, the best of all smallmouth fishing is with the fly rod.
    — A.j. McClane, Field & Stream, 24 Nov. 2020
  • With that in mind, the best all-around smallmouth fly rod is a seven-weight.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2024
  • Here’s a quick guide to fly rod and reel combinations to help you.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Subsequently, this rod took the award for best new fly rod at the show.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Powerful, ocean-run steelhead are a blast to catch on crankbaits, jigs or a fly rod.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The pair would then make their way to the nearest trout stream, fly rods in hand, and wait for the sun to come up.
    — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This is important to know because a good fly rod costs as much as a divorce.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2021
  • The Clearwater even took home the best value award in our fly rod test.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
  • Certainly landing a large bass on a fly rod is part skill, part planning.
    — Steve Culton, Field & Stream, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Along with her husband, Rick, Williams has traveled the world with a fly rod in hand.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 6 Mar. 2018
  • One of the first things Hunt did upon arrival was buy a fly rod with the hopes of fishing for salmon.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2022
  • Most fly rod cases are technical and logo-heavy; this thing is classic and pure.
    — Michael Williams, GQ, 13 June 2018
  • For decades, Arbogast even produced a version so small it could be cast on a fly rod.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The fly rod is never far away, but working a 9 to 5 certainly is.
    — Drew Palmer, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2020
  • Pruitt, meanwhile, even caught and landed fish on his 6-weight fly rod using popping bugs.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2023
  • Catching a fish the size of a small person with a willowy fly rod and a fly the size of your thumb is no easy matter.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Dave’s birthday gift the next year was a rusty, warped bamboo fly rod and reel that his father had bought in a pawnshop.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
  • At one of them the station’s commandant emerged from his gatehouse to check out our bikes and took a liking to my fly rod.
    — Nate Matthews, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The Trophy Division is for fish caught by means other than rod and reel or fly rod.
    — Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022
  • In Montana, an ideal Sunday stroll is along a riverbank with a fly rod in hand.
    — Amy Grisak, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2020
  • Anglers of his era simply stuck their rickety fly rods through alder tangles and dropped a weighted worm into a deep hole.
    — Will Ryan, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
  • Her girlfriend, Julia, who grew up fly-fishing in Colorado, bought her a fly rod as a gift.
    — Jesse Pearson, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • The reel comes in three sizes to match with any saltwater fly rod, and has an incredibly strong sealed drag that is easy to maintain.
    — Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • Though the fly reel never caught on among the fishing public, Fowler’s split-bamboo fly rods were best-sellers.
    — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2019
  • For an affordable but still sturdy option, this Orvis Encounter fly rod does the trick.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Ditch conventional gear and use a fly rod, just to ramp up a challenging task to next-level lunacy.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2019
  • Bring your canoe or inner tube for a chill float or your fly rod to face off against the Niobrara’s plentiful carp and catfish.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 12 July 2021

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