fishing pole
Noun: A long, slender, cylindrical tool, typically made of wood, steel, or fiberglass, designed for the activity of fishing. Its primary function is to hold, cast, and retrieve a fishing line, often in conjunction with a reel, hook, and bait or lure.
A fishing pole is the central piece of equipment used by an angler. * He bought a new fishing pole for his trip to the lake. * She carefully baited the hook before casting her fishing pole into the river. * The old wooden fishing pole had been in his family for generations.
- "To have more than one fishing pole in the water": An idiomatic expression meaning to pursue multiple opportunities or options at the same time.
- He's applying to several companies; he believes in having more than one fishing pole in the water.
- Fishing Rod: This is a more precise synonym. While "fishing pole" and "fishing rod" are often used interchangeably, purists may distinguish a "pole" as a simpler, often reel-less tool, and a "rod" as one designed to be used with a reel.
- Pole: In a general sense, a long, slender piece of wood or metal. The term "fishing pole" specifies its use.
- Angling Equipment: A broader category that includes the fishing pole/rod, reel, line, lures, and other tackle.
- Fishing rod
- Angling rod
- Pole (when context is clear)
- To go fishing with a pole: To engage in the activity of fishing using this specific tool.
- As a child, I loved to go fishing with a simple pole and a worm.
- To set up a fishing pole: To prepare the pole for use by attaching the line, reel, hook, and bait.
- Can you help me set up this new fishing pole?
The term "fishing pole" specifically refers to the physical rod-like tool. It is not used to describe the activity itself (which is "fishing"), the location ("fishing hole"), or the right to fish in an area ("fishing rights"). Its meaning is concrete and instrumental.
- a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line