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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
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