night fly

noun

night fly

noun
1

Archaic A moth that flies at night.

  • At night the fly fisher stands a better chance, and will now and again take a few fish on a white moth. The dressing of a night fly for mullet was described in the following letter, […]1888, John Bickerdyke, Flyfishing for Mullet:
Related terms
fly-by-night

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