How to Use fly fisherman in a Sentence

fly fisherman

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  • There is a lot of fishing pressure in and around the coves on the South end of the lake, with bank and fly fishermen picking up fish.
    — sacbee, 11 Dec. 2017
  • But to many fly fishermen, matching wits with a trout of any size is more fun than catching a dozen bass.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2020
  • To other kinds of anglers, fly fishermen can seem kind of odd.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The guest speaker will be guide and fly fisherman Antoine Bissieux.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • In the years since, Few has transformed himself into a skilled fly fisherman through wits and will.
    — Star Tribune, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Eggs patterns are still a good bet for fly fishermen, as well as nymphs and small baitfish patterns.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Bank and fly fishermen are still catching planters in the coves, and planted catchable browns and rainbows over the past few months continue to hang out around Canyon Dam.
    — sacbee, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Egg patterns and small streamers have been good choices for fly fishermen.
    — cleveland.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • An all-round athlete and lover of the outdoors, Gregory was an avid hunter and fresh water fly fisherman and award winning fly tier.
    — courant.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • But this site on the banks of the Río Liucura, a fly fisherman's dream brimming over from the recent rain, felt more like a community.
    — John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2021
  • Having fished in the area every year for 50 years, Ishiyama ensures that his team makes the experience a top-notch one for fly fisherman who travel near and far to the lodge.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2021
  • Steelheaders casting dime-sized spawn bags tied with bright mesh are having the most success, but the jig-and-float folks and fly fishermen should be getting in on the action this weekend.
    — cleveland.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Altuve took a curve near his tiny shoetops and flicked it into the Crawford Boxes in leftfield, not unlike a fly fisherman casting a line.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Bright eggs patterns are producing for fly fishermen, as well as streamers.
    — cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Alex Dietz, a Bend fly fisherman, used an early Christmas gift, a hall pass from his wife, to score a new Oregon-record mountain whitefish and, possibly, a new world record.
    — oregonlive, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Frank was an avid fly fisherman and enjoyed beekeeping, blacksmithing, and his gardens.
    — courant.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Tucker Carlson offered that his son was a good squash player and an excellent fly fisherman.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022
  • The avid fly fisherman had chartered a day trip with a local tour guide, 53-year-old Mario Graniel, who was also fatally shot on the fishing expedition.
    — Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, 25 June 2019
  • Fishermen are relying on spawn bags and jigs tipped with maggots and waxworms, while fly fishermen are working egg patterns and bead-head nymphs.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
  • One features a fish, representing how her husband is an avid fly fisherman.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 15 July 2021
  • The Cleveland Metroparks reports fly fishermen are doing well casting egg patterns, small streamers and minnow patterns.
    — cleveland.com, 3 May 2018
  • Dan enjoyed camping, snowboarding, kayaking, and was an avid fly fisherman.
    — courant.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • An early scene reveals her effectiveness as an underage accomplice when the two encounter a fly fisherman along a local stream.
    — Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Outside the classroom, Professor Edinger was a serious fly fisherman who liked backpacking trips in the Sierra Nevada and playing classical music and jazz piano.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 1 July 2021
  • In pondering his retirement as a widower, Oliver, an avid fly fisherman, came to realize that nothing was keeping him in the Midwest, and his daughter and family lived in fish-friendly Seattle.
    — Steve Parrish, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • The organization, with roughly 50 employees, is headquartered in Bozeman, a trendy college town of fly fishermen and mountaineers, artisanal coffee and avocado toast, four hours’ drive southwest of APR’s nearest property.
    — National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020

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