Possible Clues:

• Immature frogs
• Dicky aped lots of small characters that came out of Salamander
• Toads-to-be
• Larval amphibians
• Larvae of frogs or toads
• Young creatures fight back - no middle-aged Europeans!
• Sticks at last with tails in the pond
• Swimmers who will leap ahead when detailed
• Sounds as if thereby hangs a tail for them
• Stop deal (anag.)