wet fly

American  

noun

Angling.

1. an artificial fly designed for use underwater.

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wet fly British  

noun

1. angling Compare dry fly

   1. an artificial fly designed to float or ride below the water surface

   2. ( as modifier )

      wet-fly fishing

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Etymology

Origin of wet fly

First recorded in 1870–75

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• dry fly vs. wet fly

Example Sentences

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wet fly

The soft hackle makes it a wet fly; you fish it beneath the surface.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2016

There is the bobo, or bubblefish, an elusive silverside that dwells in the rapids and attacks a wet fly like something good to eat.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of 16 alternative sections in Physical Education 12A, a required course for sophomores, it offered instruction three hours a week in the art of casting the dry and wet fly.

From Time Magazine Archive

First tried a dry fly, then tried a wet fly, Then tried a worm and he caught six or eight.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the wet fly resembles the dry fly, and therefore the wet fly is an imitation of the living fly.

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker