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Meaning of "wet fly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WET FLY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WET FLY

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Wet 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 WET FLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wet 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 wet fly in the English dictionary

The definition of wet fly in the dictionary is an artificial fly designed to float or ride below the water surface.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WET FLY

wet
wet AMD
wet bar
wet behind the ears
wet blanket
wet cell
wet chinook
wet dock
wet dream
wet fish
wet look
wet nurse
wet one´s whistle
wet pack
wet room
wet rot
wet shave
wet steam
wet suit
wet wipe

WORDS THAT END LIKE WET FLY

bee fly
black fly
cabbage root fly
caddis fly
carrot fly
crane fly
dry fly
frit fly
fruit fly
Hessian fly
hover fly
let fly
make the fur fly
Mediterranean fruit fly
New Forest fly
on the fly
robber fly
Spanish fly
tsetse fly
tube fly

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

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Translation of «wet fly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WET FLY

Find out the translation of wet fly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wet 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 «wet fly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

湿粉煤灰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mosca mojada
570 millions of speakers

English

wet fly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गीला मक्खी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذبابة الرطب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мокрые мушки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mosca molhada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিজা মাছি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouche noyée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terbang basah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nassfliegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウェットフライ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

젖은 비행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Udan mabur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bay ướt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஈரமான ஈ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओले माशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Islak sinek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fly bagnato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mokra mucha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мокрі мушки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fly umed
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υγρή ιπτάμενη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nat vlieg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

våt fluga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

våt flue
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wet fly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WET FLY»

The term «wet fly» is normally little used and occupies the 110.102 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WET FLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wet fly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wet fly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WET FLY»

Discover the use of wet fly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wet fly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wet Flies: Tying and Fishing Soft-Hackles, Winged and ...
A detailed survey of the history and use of wet flies, with information on the insects they reassemble, fishing techniques and tying instructions.
Dave Hughes, 1995
2
Wet-Fly Tying and Fishing
This fascinating book sets out to redress the balance demonstrating that wet-flies still catch trout in spectacular fashion and are as effective today as ever they were in past centuries.
Roger Fogg, 2010
3
Fly-Fishing Guide to the Upper Delaware River
Tail: clump of snowshoe rabbit's foot fur Wing: clump of snowshoe rabbit's foot fur Body: beaver dubbing Nymph and Wet-Fly Fishing Ten Tips for Success 1. Leaders and tippets. I prefer my wet-fly and nymph leaders to be 12 feet—the same ...
Paul Weamer, 2011
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Fly Fishing for Trout in Streams: A How-to Guide
The wet-fly swing is one of the oldest techniques for presenting a subsurface fly to trout and is a longtime favorite among Atlantic salmon fishermen. Unlike other techniques, where drag is carefully avoided, the wet-fly swing actually employs ...
Cowles Creative Publishing Creative Publishing international, Creative Publishing Editors, 1998
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Wet-Fly Fishing Treated Methodically
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Ewen M Tod, 2012
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Streaming Wet Flies and a Fly Angler's Full Season:
Those old timers still fished dry fly patterns, but during hatch periods on the trout streams and lakes that they fished, the wet fly was also a reliable choice. Back in those days, most of these experienced wet fly fishermen had their own favorite ...
Guy R. Woods, 2013
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Essential Trout Flies
Light Cahill Hook Standard wet fly, sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 Thread Tan 6/0 or 8/0 Hackle Ginger hen Tails Ginger hen or rooster Body Cream fur dubbing Wing Wood duck flank fibers Alder Hook Standard wet fly, sizes 8, 10, 12, 14 Thread Black ...
Dave Hughes, 2000
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Fly-Tying Techniques and Patterns
A fly angler who took up the sport twenty years ago may never have fished a traditional wet-fly pattern. The fancy patterns of the late 1800s and early 1900s have all but disappeared from most fly shops and catalogs. Yet wet flies were the most ...
Creative Publishing Editors, 1996
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The Art of Fly Tying: More Than 200 Classic and New Patterns
l l l Gordon Wet Fly. ll9 Gotcha. l39 Gray CDC Caddis Dry Fly. l09 Gray Fox Variant Dry Fly. l04 Gray Ghost Streamer, 89 Gray Wulff Dry Fly. l07 Green Bomber Fly. l32 Green Drake Nymph. 95 Green Leaf Hopper Terrestrial, l24 Griffith's Gnat ...
John van Vliet, 2007
10
The Language of Fly-Fishing
258 weed - wet fly to become insoluble, and when the turbidity declines, these bonded particles fall to the bottom of the loch/lake . . . They are now available to plants which can only absorb nutrition through their roots, plants such as Canadian ...
C. B. McCully, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WET FLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wet fly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Still fishing with Old Beauregard
Now, even 20 years after he's gone, I can tie on a Beauregard Fly and go fishing ... The woolly worm is a wet fly, but most woolly worms you find in stores are ... «The Tracy Press, Jul 15»
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IFI Galway Angling Report 21 May 2015
On Sunday 3 French anglers had 6 trout to the boat dapping and on wet fly in the Dooras area. Tony and Patrick Walsh, Cornamona natives now living in ... «Castlebar.News, May 15»
3
Twilight Beauty – Traditional Wet Fly for Early Season Trout with …
The Twilight Beauty is a traditional wet fly. Wet Fly Fishing calls for great touch. It is more demanding than the dry fly. These flies can be used all season but my ... «Southern Fishing & Boating, Apr 15»
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Expert fishing advice: Bret Bishop, fly fishing guide and world …
Bret Bishop is a high school teacher, fly fish guide, freelance writer, father of three and ... I can fish dry dropper, straight dry, wet fly, light streamer or Euro style ... «The Idaho Statesman, Mar 15»
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So, just how many fly rods do you need?
I was standing in the fly fishing section of the venerable L.L. Bean store in ... I took this trophy brown trout on 5-weight tackle and a wet fly at Yellow Creek, Pa. «Carroll County Times, Jan 15»
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Orange and Partridge wet fly.
The Orange and Partridge is a small wet fly from the old country; England. It is an impressionistic pattern fished beneath the surface to represent sunken mayfly ... «Southern Fishing & Boating, Dec 14»
7
Fly Fishing Primer
A succinct yet simple way to contrast fly fishing from lure fishing is this: fly fisherman use ... It can be argued that more than imitating a particular insect a wet fly is ... «Johnson City Press, Apr 14»
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JEFF KNAPP: Fishing with wet flies was once a staple
Wet fly-fishing was once a staple of American trout fishing, an art that's largely fallen from favor. Even though Ference is adept at modern methods of trout fishing, ... «Indiana Gazette, Feb 14»
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Fly Presentation: The Down-and-Across Swing
At its genesis, fly fishing was a hunter/gatherer tactic, not a sport, although I suspect ... The nymph and long fly tactic uses a nymph or wet fly as the lead fly with a ... «Hatch Magazine, Dec 13»
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How Cold is Too Cold for Fly Fishing?
Too cold for fly fishing means its time for steel head or hard water fishing. ... many summer-run steelhead "on the waking fly" surface fishing a wet fly, or a water ... «Field and Stream, Nov 13»

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