Thomas Duncan
aka: Pastortd
California
Fly tier Thomas C. Duncan, Sr. is the pastor of a small church, Fieldbrook Community
Church, happy husband, and proud father of two little boys. He has been fly fishing since a young boy in the Sierras, and relishes the opportunity
to live on the North Coast of California in Salmon/Steelhead country.
A commercial fly tier, he is twice an award winner in the VFS Whiting Farms Fly Tying contest for the R.M. Nymph and Badger Chickatuka. They are both featured on his web site, The Traditional Flyfisher.
Thomas enjoys building rods and teaching tying, casting, and fishing skills to young people in the community, and enjoy the opportunity to learn more about this sport and art whenever and wherever he can.
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Thomas Duncan Remember Agent 99 from the old "Get Smart" TV series? The enemies thought she was lovely and desirable until she revealed the fact that she was truly dangerous! This imitation of an ovipositing caddis presents the same concept.
When a trout attempts to take advantage of the perceived vulnerability of this young lady, it promptly and regrettably discovers her true purpose.
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Thomas Duncan My all-time favorite dry fly to imitate the Little Yellow Stonefly
(isoperla bilineata) would have to be a yellow Kauffman's Stimulator, but for spring creek fishing, you sometimes need a less representative, and more imitative fly.
This is my attempt at matching the little yellow hatch.
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Thomas Duncan While fishing the Trinity River, I kept switching back and forth between a little olive mayfly nymph and a dark yellow/gold stonefly. Instead of changing them all the time, I developed a fly based on standard mayfly and stonefly shapes with an olive color.
It didn’t come out like I wanted it to, but I found that I had come up with quite a killing
little pattern! Oh, well, they say Gore-Tex was an accident, too. I have had reports that this fly works well from MI to NC to WA and all over. It is my number one fly on Bluegill, and my favorite big water mayfly searcher. Select One of Thomas'
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Thomas Duncan What do you do if the fish in your home river are taking red like crazy and the blue duns abound? Merge two old classics – the Iron Blue Dun and the Hare’s Ear! For some reason the trout of the Mad River just love anything red, and I needed something medium colored and wet. They approved of my concoction. I have found it to be Select One of Thomas'
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Thomas Duncan There are plenty of good nymph patterns out there that are fairly close to the Western March Brown
(Rithrogena morrisoni), but when the water becomes clear, the trout become quite selective. This fly has the shape, coloration and movement of the natural, and that can often make the difference between
"troutless" and "troutful" days.
The fly also features inexpensive materials and is quite easy to tie, which is a redemptive quality when the tippet size drops to near invisibility, and flies snap of frequently. The fly can also be tied with a gold beadhead which looks just wonderful. Turkey, pheasant and other birds can be substituted if you don't have
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Thomas Duncan Why tie another imitation of the nypmhal version of a Hexagenia
Limbata? Why not? This is a shot at making a good, close imitation of the Hex. Select One of Thomas'
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Hook: Dai-Riki #135 or equivalent, #14.
Egg Sac: Yellow or chartreuse
dubb.
Body: Dark dun dubb.
Rib: Stripped peacock quill.
Wing: Deer hair over two CDC feathers.
Hackle: Grizzly hackle.
Note: Vary the colours of the materials to imitate different Caddis hatches in your
waters. The purpose of the deer hair is to keep the CDC down and make a base for
the parachute-style hackle. Be sure to tie in the hackle first, splay the CDC feathers
flat over the body, tie on the deer hair sparsely, then wind the hackle as the final step.
The joint of the deer hair will give you a post around which to tie the parachute hackle. 
Hook: TMC 200R or equivalent, sizes 14-16.
Thread: Yellow.
Tail: Light elk hair.
Butt: Red silk floss.
Body: Yellow antron dubbing.
Wing: Mallard dyed "woodduck."
Hackle: Light honey.
Antennae: Ginger biots.
Note: Silk is used for the butt rather than other flosses because of its retention of the bright red
colour. Also, although natural woodduck can be used for the wing, for once, the dyed mallard is (in my opinion) the better material.
Tail: Elk hair, split.
Body: Natural turkey biot.
Hackle: Tan dun, tied pullover-style.
Wing: Teal flank, tied back over body.
Hook: TMC 200R or equivalent, sizes 10-16.
Thread: Olive.
Bead: Copper or gold (optional).
Tail: Grouse tail biots.
Body: Light olive dubbing.
Rib: Copper wire.
Wingcase: Grouse tail fibers.
Thorax: Light olive scintilla dubbing.
Hackle: Grizzly, palmer-style.
quite good in stillwater where Callibaetis nymphs are about, particularly on Cutthroat.
Hook: Mustad 3906 or equivalent, sizes 8-18.
Thread: White.
Bead: Silver (optional).
Tag: Red floss.
Tail: Dun hare’s mask guard hairs.
Body: Dun hare’s mask and Antron blend.
Rib: Silver oval tinsel.
Wingcase: Teal flank fibers.
Thorax: Dun hare’s mask and Antron blend.
Hook: TMC 2302 size 6-12.
Thread: Yellow.
Weight: Heavy applications of lead or sub.
Tail, Antennae: Biots.
Body, Thorax: Golden stone iridescent dubbing.
Rib: Gold oval tinsel.
Wingcase: Pearl "Mirage" Flashabou.
Hackle: Golden badger.
Legs: Mottled gold silicone or Rubberlegs.
Eyes: Bead chain.
Hook: TMC 2302 size 6-10.
Body: Cinnamon SLF.
Rib: Copper Wire.
Hackle: Soft black hackle.
Head: Peacock herl.
Antennae: Mottled brown fibres.
Hook:
Dryfly, size 10-28.
Wing: Moose body hair.
Body: Blue dun dubbing.
Hackle: Blue dun.
Wing: Antron.
Hook: Tiemco 3761, #14.
Thread: Rusty dun 8/0.
Tail: Iridescent pheasant rump barbs.
Rib: Stripped cree hackle stem.
Abdomen: Grey fox side fur with grouse flank over.
Thorax: Grey fox back fur.
Wingcase: Grouse flank feather tip.
Hackle: Natural dun cul-de-canard (CDC).
Hook:
Dai-Riki #070 or equivalent, size 14.
Tail: Bronze mallard fibres.
Body and Thorax: Dark brown Australian opossum.
Rib: Gold wire.
Wingcase: Dark turkey quill.
Hackle: Dark brown soft hackle.
Hook: TMC 2302, size 6.
Tail: Emu herl.
Shellback: Pheasant quill.
Gills: Emu herl over forward half of body.
Body: Ronn's iridescent dub in tan.
Rib: Gold wire.
Wingcase: Turkey quill, epoxied.
Hackle: Badger.
Antennae: Emu biots.
Eyes: Mono.
Note: I generally use a blend of Hare's Ear and Antron dubb for the body, although in this fly I used Ronn's iridescent dubbing in tan. Emu can be hard to find, but it is the best material for this fly. Ostrich can be substituted of necessary.
A bleached turkey quill can be used in place of the pheasant.
Tail, Shellback and Wingcase: Golden pheasant tail fibres, all one piece.
Body, Thorax: Olive iridescent dubbing.
Legs: Golden pheasant tail.
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