From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfishing rodˈfishing rod (also fishing pole) noun [countable] DLOa long thin pole with a long string and a hook attached to it, used to catch fish
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fishing rod• Paige never followed through on his promise to give Baker a fishing rod.• The bomb and the bullet of course provide more dramatic reportage than hard graft, the golf club and fishing rod.• Lucker finds his fishing rod, and flexes it like a whip.• She had his fishing rod still, his old saddle.• He chose to use sailmakers' ripstop nylon and tapered fishing rod units in glass fibre. 