any suggestions,,early season cold water,also fairly acidic streams!!!!
cheers guys,really hope the temp rises soon,very little insect life at the mo!!

I know it's a little late, but now that the weather has warmed up if I was you I'd reach for a small (size 16 perhaps) klinkhammer. Maybe even experiment with a larger one. Can't go wrong with pheasent tail nymphs and hare's ear nymphs in various sizes (mainly small sizes) and weights. If your stream is fairly acidic then I would guess that your insects might be slightly smaller than insects of the same species in alkaline limestone streams. North country spiders are nice too. River Fly Box, trout, flies, tying, patterns, CDC, emergers, dry, nymphs excellent website