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wet fly

wet fly noun: a lure for fly fishing designed to be fished beneath the surface of the water.

Noun

wet fly (plural wet flies)

  1. A lure for fly fishing designed to be fished beneath the surface of the water.
    • […] it was with the wet fly that he really knew happiness, trailing it, subtly, seductively under the surface, tempting the fish on to the hook, feeling their play and reading their mind from the tug and pressure beneath the surface of the water.1987, Edward Rutherford, Sarum, New York: Crown Publishers, page 875

Adverb

wet fly (not comparable)

  1. Using such a lure.
    • […] he had a spinning rod and a fly rod, but the rivers were too shallow and too swift for spinning, and he preferred to fish wet fly.1952, Nevil Shute, chapter 4, in The Far Country, London: Heinemann

Forms of wet fly

pluralwet flies

Questions about wet fly

What does wet fly mean?
Wet fly means a lure for fly fishing designed to be fished beneath the surface of the water.
What part of speech is wet fly?
Wet fly can be a noun or an adverb.
What is the plural of wet fly?
The plural of wet fly is wet flies.

Words near wet fly in the dictionary

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  8. wet foods
  9. wet gas
  10. wet goods
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