Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wet fly

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: wet fly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lure for fly fishing designed to be fished beneath the surface of the water.

adv

Using such a lure.

Example Sentences

"[…] it was with the wet fly that he really knew happiness, trailing it, subtly, seductively under the surface, tempting the fish on to the hook, feeling their play and reading their mind from the tug and pressure beneath the surface of the water."
"[…] he had a spinning rod and a fly rod, but the rivers were too shallow and too swift for spinning, and he preferred to fish wet fly."

Inflected Forms

wet flies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dry fly

Questions

What does wet fly mean?: A lure for fly fishing designed to be fished beneath the surface of the water.

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