mud·dler

(mŭd′lər)

1. A small pestlelike baton that is used to prepare mixed drinks by pressing ingredients, such as mint, against the bottom of a bowl or glass to release flavor. Also called muddle.

2. One who muddles.

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muddler

(ˈmʌdlə)

1. a person who muddles or muddles through

2. (Brewing) US an instrument for mixing drinks thoroughly

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Translations

muddler

[ˈmʌdləʳ] N → atolondrado/a m/f

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muddler

n (= person) → Tölpel m, → Dussel m (inf)

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muddler

[ˈmʌdləʳ] n → confusionario/a, pasticcione/a

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Top patterns were: Cat Nomad, Muddler Minnow, Olive Zonker and various Hoppers.

STILLWATER ROUND-UP

Patterns: Cat Nomad, Muddler Minnow, Olive Zonker, Hoppers of various colours.

Another Dam good week; ANGLING

Roger Martin, from Taffs Well, fished a muddler minnow quickly across the surface to catch his eight fish limit from the bottom pond and Adrian Moyse did the same thing in front of the house for his limit after catching five trout on an earlier visit.

AROUND THE FISHERIES

I used it to revamp the Nature Jig, which is tied like a Muddler Minnow fly The bonnet looks like the thorax of a crawfish.

Swim jigs for smallies (a big hairy deal)

Scaling: Black and Peacock Spider, Zulu, Black and Green Montana, Muddler Minnow.

Tributes paid to a popular stalwart

I had a Muddler minnow on the dropper and a Peter Ross on the point and watched as it came floating down with the current when a sewin came up and took it firmly.

Lights, action - but we caught sewin at night; angling: OUR FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY PRODUCED AN IRATE RESPONSE

I'm using a size 4 white Muddler minnow, with a spun deerhair head that bulges the water like a mullet.

The creek: ruminations on the persistence of life in roadside ditches

In the swamp below the bridge, I cast a Muddler Minnow

Broken-Hearted River

Successful fly patterns have been very mixed along with the methods, but Montana, Muddler Minnow, Minkie, Daddy Longlegs, Buzzer and Diawl Bach are all catching.

Pike fishing set to start at big reservoirs across region

After a day of casting "muddler minnow" flies to steelhead in northeastern Oregon's Grande Ronde River in the early 1960s, Bill Nelson and his buddies would sit around the campfire and talk about the need for a national flyfishing organization.

EYE OF THE TYER

Top flies have been Cat Nomad, Muddler Minnow, Olive Zonker and various Hoppers.

STILLWATER ROUND-UP

The best patterns are: Gold Head Dawson''s Olive, Green Nymph, Muddler Minnow, Black Pennell.

Beck offering bounty of big fish in bait season; Trout Topics