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The caddis are coming off and the steelhead and trout are eye-balling dry flies.
From the thenewstribune.com
Mr. Todaro said Lesser flies flourish in the spring, early summer and late fall.
From the post-gazette.com
The team tested flies with mutated versions of 11 different insect TRP channels.
From the sciencedaily.com
Liz Walters, 71, of West Bloomfield never flies without her gold elephant charm.
From the freep.com
Spray flies from the swells and into my face, and I'm grateful for the raincoat.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The airline now flies to Lisbon from five British airports, including Edinburgh.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The final practice session has barely started, however, when the red flag flies.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Southwest flies nonstop from BWI Marshall to Albany starting at $241 round trip.
From the washingtonpost.com
The mutant flies were trained to associate a sugar reward with a magnetic field.
From the newscientist.com
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  • (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
  • Travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"
  • Two-winged insects characterized by active flight
  • Move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
  • Tent-fly: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
  • An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
  • Fly! is a flight simulator for PC and Apple Macintosh computers developed by Terminal Reality and published by Gathering of Developers. ...
  • True flies are insects of the order Diptera (di = two, and ptera = wings). They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax.
  • A Fly Route, also called a Streak route or Go route, is a pattern run by a receiver in American Football, where the receiver runs straight upfield towards the endzone. ...