angler
垂钓者,钓鱼者,钓者,钓客
Definitions
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- : a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- : a person who gets or tries to get something through scheming.
- : Also called allmouth, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish. any large pediculate fish of the family Lophiidae, especially Lophius americanus, found along the Atlantic coast of America, having an immense mouth and a large, depressed head to which is attached a wormlike filament for luring prey.
- : Also called anglerfish. any of various related fishes of the order Lophiiformes.
Examples
The Slough is catch-and-release and anglers’ must use barbless flies.
There has been a long-fought battle over the proposed mine, with both sport anglers and commercial fishers opposing the project.
You can’t practice retrieving such a recent memory for the same reason an angler can’t reel in a trout that’s already lying at their feet — when it’s so close at hand, there’s no meaningful retrieval left to be done.
Local knowledge is key, since often some of the best edibles along our coasts are largely overlooked by even seasoned anglers.
The bounty of the marine and brackish water environment is astounding, with delicious meals made available from foraging a staggering variety of natural items, often ignored by anglers focused on just catching fish.
That story can be found on pp. 195-196 of Barton Gellman's to-date definitive study of the Cheney vice presidency, Angler.
Theory may be very good, but practice is much better, and will only make the complete angler.
Independent of the varied attractions of nature, the early rising angler always has the best Summer sport.
But Colin had the makings of an angler in him and he was able instinctively to judge the amount of pressure that was needed.
The water-cow has not lately emerged from Alemoor to attack the casual angler.
I had a friend once, an angler, who in winter was fond of another sport.