Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Heath club-rush, Scirpus cœspitosus: so called from its tufts of short slender culms, resembling coarse hair.

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Examples

  • With a deer-hair mouse, I can see the topwater wake of the approach of an as yet invisible fish.

    Try Pike On The Fly 2009

  • With a deer-hair mouse, I can see the topwater wake of the approach of an as yet invisible fish.

    Try Pike On The Fly 2009

  • Flyfishermen will want something between a 5 - and a 7-weight, floating line, 6-foot leader of 6 - to 8-pound-test, and some beadhead Woolly Buggers (black, brown, and olive) and Clousers for bottom work; and Marabou Muddlers, White Wulffs, and deer-hair bugs for the surface.

    Late Summer Tips for Catching Smallmouth Bass While Wading in Rivers 2007

  • Most of our bass were caught on floating deer-hair bugs with weed guards and most of the strikes were spectacularly visual, with the fly going down in a swirl that looks like a flushing toilet, as more than one fishing writer has so eloquently described it.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • One is a store-bought floating deer-hair frog in either natural or psychedelic colors.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • One is a store-bought floating deer-hair frog in either natural or psychedelic colors.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • Most of our bass were caught on floating deer-hair bugs with weed guards and most of the strikes were spectacularly visual, with the fly going down in a swirl that looks like a flushing toilet, as more than one fishing writer has so eloquently described it.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • One is a store-bought floating deer-hair frog in either natural or psychedelic colors.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • One is a store-bought floating deer-hair frog in either natural or psychedelic colors.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • Most of our bass were caught on floating deer-hair bugs with weed guards and most of the strikes were spectacularly visual, with the fly going down in a swirl that looks like a flushing toilet, as more than one fishing writer has so eloquently described it.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

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