I think tadpoles are the forgotten baitfish.
A fat woolly bugger is a close match. I just started tying and successfully
fishing a thing called a spoonfly that just about every fish in the river is going wild over.
It's profile could be mistaken for a tadpole.
Here's a link to the pattern.
http://www.bvipirate.com/spoonfly/
I have used black,silver & gold but I'm
working on some purple and chartruse ones.
Anyone know a source for a cheap epoxy drying wheel?
Spinning them on the vise by hand is a little time consuming
but I don't want to spend $60 to $70 on one.
Van