flymaker

noun

flymaker

noun

Etymology From fly + maker.

1

Fishing, Hobbies, Lifestyle One who makes artificial flies for use in fishing.

  • Now the directions given are the basis as indicated of all artificial fly-making, and really but little can be here added to them with a view of further instructing the would-be flymaker.1881, John Harrington Keene, The Practical Fisherman: Dealing with the Natural History, the Legendary Lore, the Capture of British Freshwater Fish, and Tackle and Tackle Making:

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