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streamer fly

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noun

Angling.

  1. an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.

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That’s because they bite anything from real worms to pink plastic ones to nymphs or streamer flies so sloppy they look like you tied them with your elbows.

From Washington Times

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