alder fly

noun

any of various neuropterous insects of the widely distributed group Sialoidea, such as Sialis lutaria, that have large broad-based hind wings, produce aquatic larvae, and occur near water

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All trout, particularly rainbows, take an alder fly readily.

I am becoming poetical; let us think how to tie an alder-fly.

The imitation of the Alder-fly has perhaps been most treated in this way, but it is not alone.

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