flymaker

English

Etymology

fly +‎ maker

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

Noun

flymaker (plural flymakers)

1. (fishing) One who makes artificial flies for use in fishing.
   • 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:

     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.