wet fly

noun

, Angling.

wet fly

See dry fly
angling Compare dry fly
1. an artificial fly designed to float or ride below the water surface
2. ( as modifier )
  wet-fly fishing

Origin of wet fly¹

First recorded in 1870–75

How does wet fly compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

On the other hand, a wet fly should sink readily, and should be made with very soft webby hackles.

Place the concave sides together and tie in the butt ends the same as for a wet fly.

The wet fly, or wet fly methods, should be followed wherever the water is of the latter description.

These imitations have met, both in my hands and in the hands of others, with greater success than any other form of wet fly.

But here the hackle is much more important than on the wet fly.

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