0 the sport of trying to catch fish with a rod, line (= plastic thread), and hook (= curved piece of wire) --
1 the sport of trying to catch fish with a rod, line (= string), and hook --
Of outdoor sports she knew most about angling, for her father had been an ardent fly-caster.
Its fine streams afforded means of enjoyment for those who devote their pastime in angling and other such health-giving recreation.
It is a sufficient defense of fishing with a worm to pronounce the truism that no man is a complete angler until he has mastered all the modes of angling.
He was coming down the mill-stream meadow toward the wooden bridge, carrying a fishing rod, but clearly not intent on angling.
A game fish may be defined as one that will make a good fight for its life and that is caught by scientific methods of angling.
