a light flexible rod, now usually made of fibreglass or split cane, used in fly-fishing
fly rod in American English
noun
Angling
a light, extremely flexible fishing rod specially designed for use in fly-fishing
Word origin
[1675–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1675–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: explorer, mouthpiece, muscular, retouch, stoma