dun fly

American  

noun

Angling.

1. a dun-colored artificial fly that resembles the larval stage of certain real flies.

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Etymology

Origin of dun fly

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

The first is the dun fly in March: the body is made of dun wool, the wings of the partridge’s feathers. 

From Introduction to the Compleat Angler by Lang, Andrew

The second is another dun fly: the body of black wool; and the wings made of the black drake’s feathers, and of the feathers under his tail.’

From Introduction to the Compleat Angler by Lang, Andrew

The flies I have just named will kill well in the Carra, with a small black one, like a midge, ribbed with silver, with a honey dun fly made very small.

From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William