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The Rod & Reel

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A few of the words

FERRULE
The small metal collar that joins rod sections together. A well-fitted ferrule holds firm under the flex of a fighting fish without binding or loosening.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ARBOR
The central core of a reel spool, around which the backing and line are wound. Fly anglers sometimes talk about tying an 'arbor knot' as the very first knot on a new reel.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TIPPET
The finest, lightest section of a fly-fishing leader, attached at the very end, closest to the fly. Its near-invisibility in water is the whole point.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BACKING
Braided line wound onto the reel before the main fly line. It fills the spool and gives a running fish somewhere to go, most anglers hope they never need it, but love knowing it's there.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About The Rod & Reel

A fishing rod is one of the oldest tools a person can hold, simple in silhouette, intricate up close. Each section clicks together just so: ferrule to ferrule, guides spaced down the blank to carry the line smooth and true. The reel seats snugly at the handle, its bail flipping open at the touch of a finger, the drag set just tight enough to tire a fish without breaking anything that matters.

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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