Greenwells Spider

Greenwell's Spider is the soft-hackled sister pattern to the famous Greenwell's Glory, which James Wright devised in 1854 for Canon William Greenwell on the Scottish River Tweed - after Greenwell observed a heavy hatch of pale mayflies that none of his flies could match. Tied as a wingless "soft hackle", it belongs to the tradition of North Country spider patterns.

Greenwell's Spider is classically fished wet, across the current, with a natural drift, to imitate hatching or drowned mayflies (olives) - a reliable choice for trout and grayling for over 150 years.

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