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The waters edge is thick with a mass of newly hatched tadpoles. They at small, about 1/4"-1/2". My thinking is the gill would take them, or a fly that looks like them, over the next month.

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 21, 2014 at 4:56pm
Okay I was thinking along this line Don!
Comment by Donald Schmotzer on April 21, 2014 at 4:53pm

 A little piece of ultra chenille for a tail and some black dubbing tied with black thread will do the trick. ......Don

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 21, 2014 at 4:28pm
The fish are in two inches of water right now, grabbing any tadpoles they can.
I don't think very many survive this onslaught.
I tossed a floating spider right in the mix today, and it was immediately grabbed. Three feet away - nuttin.
I'm thinking a bit of black chenille and and some marabou would do the trick.
Comment by Leo Nguyen on April 21, 2014 at 12:26pm

Love the seasons when the pollies play near the beds. Rather than plastic, I pull out a few of the ultra slow sink flies, twitch twitch, and it's game's on. The craziest thing is, I can never seem to find frogs or toads a few weeks later, yet, tons of pollies to start out.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 21, 2014 at 9:04am
Same here Jeff, the few times I've put them on a hook - they were ignored.
Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 21, 2014 at 8:49am

I've had better luck trying to mimic these guys rather than using the real thing.....don't know if the dark colors hurt me or if nature has provided them with some protection that I'm not aware of........

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 20, 2014 at 4:15pm
"Teeming" is the word that comes to mind.
Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 20, 2014 at 4:15pm
Mats of them Carl... The first 6" of shoreline is alive with them.
Comment by carl hendrix on April 20, 2014 at 4:07pm

tadpoles!!  and a bunch of them!!

Comment by Donald Schmotzer on April 20, 2014 at 3:45pm

 Yes sir, tie a tadpole look-alike and fish it just a little-bit deeper that the mass of pollywogs and "hold-on"........

Don

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