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A dictionary of fly fishing terms - Answers to What Is?
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  Rays The soft or spiny supporting elements of fish fins
Red the colour of beautiful wine
Redd A hollow scooped in the sand or gravel of a riverbed by breeding trout as spawning area.
Reel Seat
- the part of the rod that holds the reel to the rod, usually using locking metal rings or sliding bands
Retrieve - pulling the line back to the rod
Riffle - A small rapid in a river or stream
Rise - action of a trout as it rises for a fly on the water's surface
Rod Flex - The manner in which the rod bends during the cast during the acceleration phase of the cast
Roll-cast - The method of casting the fly from the side, when there is now room behind you for a back-cast.
Running Line - a thin line attached to the back of a shooting taper (shooting head) line. May be 20 to 50 pound monofilament,depending on the rod and casting, if in saltwater or fresh water, braided nylon, narrow floating or sinking line, or other material. Usually about 100 feet in length, it allows the fly fisher to quickly change the type of line being used by interchanging only the head section
 
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
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