fishing fly
An artificial fly used in fly fishing, designed to imitate insects such as mosquitoes.
I caught a landlocked salmon using a fishing fly in the mountain stream.
Standard kanji spelling using 針 (hook).
Variant using 鉤 (hook); less common than 蚊針.
Compound of 蚊 (ka, 'mosquito') and 針 (hari, 'hook'), with rendaku voicing to ばり. The spelling 鉤 is a variant character for 'hook'.