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Wet fly   /wɛt flaɪ/   Listen
Wet fly

noun
1.
Fisherman's fly that floats under the surface of the water.  Antonym: dry fly.






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"Wet fly" Quotes from Famous Books



... cases intended to represent that food in one of its forms and are entitled to the name of "artificial flies." The dry or floating fly is simply a development of the imitation theory, and has been evolved from the wet fly in course of closer observation of the habits of flies and fish in certain waters. Both wet and dry fly methods are really a substitute for the third and oldest kind of surface-fishing, the use of a natural insect as a bait. Each method is referred ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 • Various



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