I'm enjoying the discussion, too. When I bought a Greenwell's hackle, I called it that because that's what the seller called it. It looked a lot like a furnace hackle to me, but what do I know?

Interesting information about a classic northwest pattern. I have had very good fishing with a version tied with a peacock herl body, and also with a red Carey, tied with SLF dubbing for the body.

In Mike Harding's book "A Guide to North Country Flies and How to Tie Them," he lists a pattern for Turton's Red Spider on page 69: Thread: Pearsall's Yellow 5 Hook: Down-eyed wet, 12-16 Body: Hare's ear, dubbed thinly Hackle: Partridge He says it is a soft hackle version of the March Brow...

I had pretty good results swinging a Little Dorothy just below the surface during a pale morning dun hatch on the Lochsa River in mid-October, fwiw. Using what kind of presentation and methods John? Upstream, across & down on the swing? Sort or long leader? :D I was fishing across and slightly ...

I had pretty good results swinging a Little Dorothy just below the surface during a pale morning dun hatch on the Lochsa River in mid-October, fwiw.

You're welcome, Izaak. And Wayne, you have some mad tying skilz on those tiny flies. An 18 is about all I can manage, and nowhere near as well as you. (I guess I have decided to resume posting, at least for a while.)

About the 2:10 mark and onward, Davie McPhail demonstrates the technique referenced above:

http://youtu.be/6zR2QXREz70?t=2m11s

Those are some really nice-looking flies. I have not had the chance to play around with my Clark block much yet, but one of my goals this fall/winter is to experiment with the technique.
I use a thrift store coffee grinder to blend dubbing; works like a charm and only cost $2.

Thanks for the kind comments.

Thanks fellas. I built a photo box, but I can see my focus was soft on this fly. Still working the bugs out.