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bobfly

bobfly noun: the fly fixed at the end of the leader.

Noun

bobfly (plural bobflies)

  1. The fly fixed at the end of the leader.
    • This fly is always best as the bobfly on the cast.1866, Sir Randal Howland Roberts, The river's side: or, The trout and grayling, and how to take them, page 74
    • a fish came in on the bobfly1904, Stephen Lucius Gwynn, Fishing holidays

Forms of bobfly

pluralbobflies

Origin of bobfly

From bob + fly.

Questions about bobfly

What does bobfly mean?
Bobfly means the fly fixed at the end of the leader.
What part of speech is bobfly?
Bobfly is a noun.
What is the plural of bobfly?
The plural of bobfly is bobflies.

Words near bobfly in the dictionary

  1. bobets
  2. Bobey
  3. Bobeys
  4. bobfergusonite
  5. bobflies
  6. bobfly
  7. BOBFOC
  8. BOBFOCs
  9. Bobicești
  10. bobierrite
  11. Bobigny

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