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Meaning of "dry fly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRY FLY

dry fly play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRY FLY

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Dry fly is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRY FLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dry fly

Artificial fly

An artificial fly or fly lure is a type of fishing lure, usually used in the sport of fly fishing. In general, artificial flies are an imitation of natural food sources which fly fishers present to their target species of fish while fly fishing. Artificial flies are constructed by fly tying, in which furs, feathers, thread or any of very many other materials are tied onto a fish hook. Artificial flies may be constructed to represent all manner of potential freshwater and saltwater fish prey to include aquatic and terrestrial insects, crustaceans, worms, baitfish, vegetation, flesh, spawn, small reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds, etc. Effective artificial fly patterns are said to be killing flies because of their ability to put fish in the creel for the fly fisher. There are thousands of artificial fly patterns, many of them with descriptive and often idiosyncratic names.

Definition of dry fly in the English dictionary

The definition of dry fly in the dictionary is an artificial fly designed and prepared to be floated or skimmed on the surface of the water.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRY FLY

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dry farmer
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dry goods
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dry hole
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dry kiln
dry land
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dry nurse
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WORDS THAT END LIKE DRY FLY

bee fly
black fly
caddis fly
crane fly
dung fly
flesh fly
fruit fly
Hessian fly
hover fly
let fly
like a blue-arsed fly
make the fur fly
Mediterranean fruit fly
on the fly
robber fly
Spanish fly
stable fly
tsetse fly
tube fly
wet fly

Synonyms and antonyms of dry fly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dry fly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRY FLY

Find out the translation of dry fly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dry fly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dry fly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

干飞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mosca seca
570 millions of speakers

English

dry fly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सूखी मक्खी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذبابة جافة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сухой мухи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mosca seca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শুকনো মাছি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouche sèche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terbang kering
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trockenfliege
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドライフライ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

드라이 플라이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fly garing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bay khô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலர் ஈ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोरड्या माशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kuru sinek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mosca secca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sucha mucha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сухий мухи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fly uscat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξηρά μύγα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

droë vlieg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

torrfluga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tørrflue
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dry fly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRY FLY»

The term «dry fly» is regularly used and occupies the 61.068 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRY FLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dry fly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRY FLY»

Discover the use of dry fly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dry fly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Dry Fly: New Angles
This great work is going to be read over and over, sometimes for the amazing information on attraction and imitation and sometimes for the sheer enjoyment of the writing.The angler will learn more about trout, more about flies, and more ...
Gary LaFontaine, 2001
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The Orvis Pocket Guide to Dry-Fly Fishing: A Detailed Field ...
Flies, fly selection, presentations, retrieves, and hook-setting tactics for different types of water. This ultimate guide to fishing the dry fly includes all of the vital information you will need to catch trout on the surface.
Tom Rosenbauer, 2003
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The Dry Fly and Fast Water
For several years after my first experience with the floating fly I used it in conjunction with the wet fly, and until I read Mr. Halford's “Dry Fly Fishing,” when, recognising his great authority and feeling that the last word had been said upon the ...
George La Branche, 2000
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Halford on the Dry Fly: Streamcraft of a Master Angler
I ''he text of this book is taken from Frederic M. JL Halford, Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice, published in 1889. The original editions of most of Halford's books, including this one, are often hard to come by and expensive — thus the need ...
Frederic M. Halford, Paul Schullery, 2007
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Fishing Knots: Proven to Work for Light Tackle and Fly Fishing
GEORGE HARVEY DRY FLY KNOT 47 GEORGE HARVEY DRY FLY KNOT This is my favorite way to connect a dry fly to a tippet. It looks complicated but actually is not. The knot has several advantages. It is nearly 100 percent of tippet ...
Lefty Kreh, 2007
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Trout Flies
A successful searching dry fly is bold in three aspects: flotation, visibility to the angler, and . bugginess in the eyes of the trout. A fly that fails to float high will not get fished often on the typical types of water where searching drys are most often  ...
Dave Hughes, 1999
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The Colors of Trout Waters: A dry fly, a wet brush, and my ...
Foreword. I am convinced heaven abounds with cascading mountain streams filled with trout. Totally captivated by the beauty inherent in the natural world, I spend many of my days hiking the trails of Montana's wooded mountains. It is here ...
Thomas Lewis, 2009
8
The Language of Fly-Fishing
62 dry fly and upstream , which is dressed and cast so as to float on the water surface, thus also 'fishing the dry fly\ Dry flies are usually representative of what the trout are then eating (see matcking the hatck). They may be used both on rivers ...
C. B. McCully, 2000
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Basic Fly Fishing: All the Skills and Gear You Need to Get ...
FISHING. WITH. DRY. FLIES. A dry-fly box must have rows or compartments with enough headroom so that the flies won't be squashed when the box is closed (1) When targeting upstream fish with a dry /It/, aim. Dry-fly fishing for trout is a ...
Lefty Kreh, 2006
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The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide
Tom Rosenbauer. You can usually tell a dry fly (left) from a wet (right) by its full, bushy hackle, although some dry flies are tied without hackle. Wet flies usually also have sparser tails, bigger heads, and are tied on heavier wire hooks.
Tom Rosenbauer, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRY FLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dry fly is used in the context of the following news items.
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FISHING LINE
Lake dry fly fishing has been good as well, with excellent activity reported at Center, Sylvan, Bismarck, Roubaix, and Mirror Lakes. Keyhole ... «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
2
Why I fly fish
As summer gets going the season for dry fly fishing will become more important as more and more insects find themselves floating on the ... «White Mountain Independent, Jul 15»
3
Sourcing, Labeling & Lawsuits: Why American Whiskey Should …
"Many producers engage in less than forthright labeling practices," says Don Poffenroth, co-founder of Spokane, Washington's Dry Fly Distillery. «Eater, Jul 15»
4
King salmon spotted at mouth of American River
Trout fishing is very good from Dunsmuir to Shasta Lake, where numerous hatches have sparked good nymph and dry fly action. Gear anglers ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
5
Allen Afield: When nature's lessons are on the fly
In the first two seasons after reading Flick's classic, I fished a sparsely tied size 16 BWO Variant as a dry fly for rising trout. This pattern proved ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
6
Countryside Alliance is tops for saving our wildlife
This has given the dry fly specialists a bonanza. Roy Mulligan, Portadown, had 22 fish on Fly and olives and John McLean had 24 on olive cdcs ... «Farming Life, Jul 15»
7
Hex hatch draws anglers to the Brule River
Heffernan is in the bow, casting a dry fly called a Neally's brown drake. The two guides have come to the river on this late June evening to see if ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Missouri maintains as state's rivers heat up
Dry fly-fishing, the most technical form with anglers using flies that float, often is used to catch fish in the Missouri, Darby said. "Such an easy ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
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Treat fly fishing fever at NPC therapy sessions in July
He is currently writing a book on the Catskill Dry Fly patterns. NPC's Community and Corporate Learning Division provides personal interest ... «White Mountain Independent, Jul 15»
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Neil Waugh: Troutin' on the Rock
I parked the rental Jeep in the pull-out and rigged up my travelling 5-weight trout rod with a buggy-looking Parachute March Brown dry fly. «Edmonton Sun, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dry fly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dry-fly>. Apr 2024 ».
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