"wet fly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} wet fly (not comparable)
  1. (fishing) Using such a lure. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Fishing
    Sense id: en-wet_fly-en-adv-HjB-W4rS Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle

Noun

Forms: wet flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wet fly (plural wet flies)
  1. (fishing) A lure for fly fishing designed to be fished beneath the surface of the water. Categories (topical): Fishing Coordinate_terms: dry fly Translations (type of fly): uppoperho (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wet_fly-en-noun-RMOdwJSr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 65 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle

Inflected forms

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