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Definition of Streamer fly
1. Noun. An artificial fly that has wings extending back beyond the crook of the fishhook.
Generic synonyms: Fly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Streamer Fly
Literary usage of Streamer fly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., F.R.S., D.C.L. by Stephen Watson Fullom (1863)
"But soon they made out her hull and rig, and saw a streamer fly to her top.
She was coming! Such a cry rang out as she entered the bay and anchored, ..."
2. The Greyhound in 1864: Being the Second Edition of a Treatise on the Art of by John Henry Walsh (1864)
"RIOT (which see) \ Bedlamite Black Fly Marquis Kirtles II Rocket Stella Kouli
Knavery III! j Bugle) _J Khan (Sister to streamer fly PERFORMANCES. ..."
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