Definition of "noodler" [noodler]

• A practitioner of noodling. (noun)
• One who improvises. (noun)

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• "A second-generation hand-grabber, or "noodler," Lee caught his first fish barehanded at the age of eight."
• "If the fish is large enough, the noodler can hook his or her hand around the fish's gills, then you yank out your arm."
• "Usually a noodler has at least one spotter who helps bring in the fish, which seems like cheating but apparently isn't."