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  Palmering - the method employed to tie a hackle down the length of the hook shank
Parachute - type of dry fly where the hackle is wound horizontally around the base of the wing like a parachute instead of vertically around the hook of the fly
Peacock Sword - A feather from a peacock with bushy herl-like barbules, commonly used for tails
Pectoral fins - The pair of fins just behind the head of a fish
Pelagic fish - Fish that live at the surface, in the upper waters, open ocean fish
Pelvic fins - The pair of fins on the lower body of a fish; also called ventral fins
Pickup & Lay Down - a fly fishing cast using only a single backcast. The line is lifted from the water and a back cast made, followed by a forward cast which is allowed to straighten and fall to the water, completing the cast
Point fly - fly fished on the point of the leader when a dropper holding another fly is used
Popping Bug - a bass bug made from a hard material. Usually cork or balsa wood,high density body foam, as these are high floating materials that can be made into a variety of shapes, can be made of a number of materials including deer hair
Presentation - the act of putting the fly on the water and offering it to the fish; the variety of presentations is infinite, and changes with each fishing situation. The object is to present the fly in a manner similar to the natural insect or food form that you are imitating
Priest - a small club used for dispatching fish
Pupa - in insects, the transition stage between the larva and the adult
 
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
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