{"id":124,"date":"2009-07-12T13:26:40","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T12:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2009-07-12T13:29:23","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T12:29:23","slug":"bright-pink-tadpole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/useful-tying-patterns\/bright-pink-tadpole\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Pink Tadpole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>THE PINK TADPOLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials required:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">Long Shank\u00a0 hooks sizes 12- 6<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">Black 6\/0 tying thread<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">Body \u2013 Shocking Pink Chenille<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">Under Body \u2013 lead wire \u2013 medium  or fine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">Head \u2013 Peacock herl<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">Tail \u2013 Shocking Pink Marabou<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tying:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Catch in the thread behind the eye and  proceed down hook in touching turns to a point opposite the barb. Catch in lead  wire behind the eye\u00a0 and wind down shank to just ahead of point<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">p<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-122\" title=\"p11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/p11.jpg\" alt=\"p11\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Catch in a bunch of marabou opposite the  barb to form the tail and also secure the chenille at this point making sure it  buts up to the tail<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123\" title=\"p21\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/p21.jpg\" alt=\"p21\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Wind thread back up to behind the eye and  then wind the chenille up towards the eye in touching turns. Stop short of the  eye to allow for the head. Tie off the chenille<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Take three strands of peacock herl and tie them  in ahead of the chenille. Twist the strands to form a spiral and wrap around the  hook three times between the chenille and the eye to form the head. Tie  off<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-125\" title=\"p31\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2009\/07\/p31.jpg\" alt=\"p31\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This simple tadpole can be tied using any  colour combination and in a number of different sizes. However we find that the  shocking pink version tied on a long shank hook works extremely well in the  winter months when the water tends to be extra clear. The colder the weather the  better this fly is and if you keep having to scrape the ice from your rod rings  then this is a fly that is very well suited to the conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fishing the Fly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We fish the shocking pink tadpole usually on intermediate or slow sinking  lines and generally use a straight through leader of 6lbs clear mono or  fluorocarbon of 6lb breaking strain. It is essential not to use dark leader  materials when the water is so clear.<\/p>\n<p>A normal slow strip retrieve works best but by late March trout tend to be  willing to chase this particular fly at faster speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Give it a try and we think you will find that shocking pink really is a  winning colour especially for the winter months<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE PINK TADPOLE Materials required: Long Shank\u00a0 hooks sizes 12- 6 Black 6\/0 tying thread Body \u2013 Shocking Pink Chenille Under Body \u2013 lead wire \u2013 medium or fine Head \u2013 Peacock herl Tail \u2013 Shocking Pink Marabou Tying: 1. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/useful-tying-patterns\/bright-pink-tadpole\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.troutflies.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}