Spring fly

(Zool.)

a caddice fly; - so called because it appears in the spring.

See also: Spring

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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| WINDY weather on Ireland's 20,000 acre Lough Mask made for difficult boat fishing in the Spring Fly Fishing International and the host country adapted to the conditions best to win with a total catch of 45 trout giving them a total of 2,469 points.

Barnes is a more than a match for the rest

The fifth annual Eugene Spring Fly Fishing Festival is from 9 a.m.

OUTDOORS BRIEFLY

Fly fishing has become very popular on the lower Coquet in recent seasons and I wouldn't bet against the first Coquet and Tyne fish to fall to a big sunken spring fly.

Salmon anglers at the ready

WALES had to settle for third place in the Spring Fly Fishing International at Bewl Water when the team caught 32 trout with a total weight of 61lb 11oz.

Wales finish in third; ANGLING IN BRIEF

The fourth annual Eugene Spring Fly Fishing Festival is scheduled for 9 a.m.

OUTDOORS BRIEFLY

SEVERAL days' practice paid off for the Wales squad when they won the Spring Fly Fishing Home International at Chew Valley Lake.