A cord or line where the hook or lure is attached.(noun)
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Use "fishing line" in a sentence
"I had intended to tangle the body in a wad of heavy monofilament fishing line and tangle the line in some brush, to anchor it, but in the end, neither of us had the stomach for the job."
"One quick, slippery, pretty twist and the coil of fifty-pound-test fishing line settled tight."
"“Good day to you, sir!” called Rossetti to a boy on the bridge with a fishing line as they passed under him."