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drift fishing

Sports; Fishing

When fishing is taking place from a boat that is not anchored but is drifting with the wind and current.

dry fly

Sports; Fishing

This is an artificial fly that is made to float on the surface of the water. The idea is for the fly to resemble a large or adult insect floating on the surface of the water.

emerger

Sports; Fishing

Refers to an immature insect that is "emerging" that is traveling up to the surface of the water, where it will hatch into an adult. For fisherman this is a reference to an artificial fly that is ...

entomology

Sports; Fishing

The study of insects.

ephemerid

Sports; Fishing

These are water-bred upwing flies that can be and are used as bait.

eye

Sports; Fishing

The place in a hook where the line goes through. Just like the eye of a needle.

false cast

Sports; Fishing

A type of cast where the fishing line is kept moving above the surface of the waters. This technique is used to increasingly lengthen the cast, and or change the direction of the cast.

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