flytier

flytier

(ˈflaɪˌtaɪə)
n
(Angling) a person who makes his or her own fishing flies
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fly•ti•er

(ˈflaɪˌtaɪ ər)

n.
a maker of artificial lures for fly-fishing.
[1880]
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References in periodicals archive ?
flytier. While some dictionaries don't even include the term (their editors are obviously city guys), Merriam-Webster says it's a one-word noun: flytier.
When Rick was at Offshore Magazine, the accepted term was flytier. "Fly tyer'' seems to be something concocted and popularized by Fly Tyer Magazine.
Taught by Chris Mihulka, internationally recognized flytier. Wednesdays through Oct.
In the last years of her life, the flytier Elsie Darbee had a vision of a place that would preserve and perpetuate the rich history of fly fishing in the Catskills.
As fishing tourism grew, the Catskill region produced some of the most famous flytiers in America: Theodore Gordon on the Neversink, followed by Rube Cross, Herman Christian and Roy Steenrod; Harry and Elsie Darbee and Walt and Winnie Dette on the Willowemoc and Beaverkill; Ray Smith on the Esopus; and Art Flick on the Schoharie.