fly-dressing

We can hardly advise the angler to try fly-dressing on his own account.

Scotch Loch-Fishing William Senior

"Halford as a fly-dresser," however, is a topic too big to handle in a chapter which merely aims at rambling recollections of him by the waterside, and indeed it can only be dealt with by a master in the art of fly-dressing.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

The gentle writer, instead of giving directions about fly-dressing, calmly tells his readers to go and buy his flies at a little shop "near Powle's."

Lost Leaders Andrew Lang 1878

The result of the fly-dressing would resemble a small blacking-brush, perhaps, but nothing entomological.

Angling Sketches Andrew Lang 1878

Nowadays when we talk about fly-dressing we refer to it as clymu-plu - a direct translation from the English, but Emrys always used the correct Welsh word which is cawio.

WalesOnline - Home 2009

He was a perfectionist and his vast Welsh vocabulary when referring to the materials he used when fly-dressing was a treat to listen to.

WalesOnline - Home 2009

Recently a new Welsh book on fly-dressing, entitled Plu Stiniog (Blaenau Ffestiniog Flies), came off the press.

WalesOnline - Home 2009