Welshman's button

noun

1. an angler's name for a species of caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum

Example Sentences

In the Alder the anterior wings are smooth, broad and strong, in the Welshman’s Button they are covered with hairs and narrow.

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A fishery that gave poor and diminishing results, even with the Mayfly, sedge, and Welshman's button, was not suitable for dry-fly experts, and the Ramsbury experiment was abandoned.

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Here are my trout, and I got every one of them with the small fly—Welshman's button—before one o'clock.

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