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drop-fly
drop-fly n.
Brit. 
/ˈdrɒpflʌɪ/
, /ˈdrɒpflʌɪ/U.S. /ˈdrɑpˌflaɪ/
Angling see quot. 1870 (= dropper n. 3)./ˈdrɑpˌflaɪ/ΘΚΠ
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dropper1829
bob-fly1832
dropper-fly1834
bobber1837
stretcher1837
drop-fly1870
stretcher-fly1883
tail-fly1883
1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §2969 When more than one fly is used in fly-fishing, the additional one is called a drop-fly, and by some a bob..As these flies drop or hang down from the line, so they gain their name of drop-flies.
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