"fly fishing" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fly fishing (uncountable)
  1. (fishing) A form of angling whereby the weight of the line is used to cast a lure visually resembling a fly. Wikipedia link: fly fishing Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Fishing Synonyms: flyfishing, fly-fishing Translations (form of angling): euli-arrantza (Basque), pesca amb mosca [feminine] (Catalan), 飛蠅釣 (Chinese Mandarin), 飞蝇钓 (fēiyíngdiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 飛釣 (Chinese Mandarin), 飞钓 (fēidiào) (Chinese Mandarin), muškaření [neuter] (Czech), fluefiskeri (Danish), vliegvissen (Dutch), perhokalastus (Finnish), pêche à la mouche [feminine] (French), pesca con mosca [feminine] (Galician), Fliegenangeln [neuter] (German), Fliegenfischen [neuter] (German), Fliegenfischerei [feminine] (German), Flugangeln [neuter] (German), fluguveiði (Icelandic), pesca con la mosca [feminine] (Italian), フライ・フィッシング (furai-fisshingu) (Japanese), 플라이 피싱 (peullai pising) (Korean), мушича́рење (mušičárenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), fluefiske [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), flugefiske [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pesca com mosca [feminine] (Portuguese), на́хлыст (náxlyst) [masculine] (Russian), мушичарење [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), mušičarenje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), muškárenie (Slovak), muharjenje (Slovene), pesca con mosca [feminine] (Spanish), flugfiske [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fly_fishing-en-noun-jOlqW-kk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle

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