flying ppl Cp Fisheries of U S, p. 14. Attrib flying set, fly and set*: in Bank fishing, the dropping of dories in rapid succession to set their trawl-lines; see SET n.
   1921 Nat Geog July, p. 28 The method of fishing by 'flying sets'—towing the dories and dropping them over the Bank—is carried on [to] some extent by salt fishermen, but these craft usually anchor on the Bank, and the dories row away from the vessel, take up their position. and set the gear. 1942 Grand Bank U C School 36 A 'flying set'—dropping dories while schooner sails in a circle. M 70-27 Each vessel carried from four to twelve dories with two men in each using from forty-eight to sixty lines, when we would fly and set. What I mean by fly and set is that in the early part of the season we would fish under sail. The vessel would get underway, take up anchor, hoist the sails, and the Captain would drop his dories, with two men and all the gear in each, in rotation; when the gear was set, he would sail back and pick up all his men. Each man would quickly eat his meal and the Captain would drop them all by their gear. After the gear was taken back, the Captain would again take them all aboard. P 113-74 A flying set is the lowering of dories one at a time as the banking vessel sails in a circle. When the last dory is away the vessel would pick up the first one, and so on.

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