ORIGINAL: hillbillyhunter1
As for your small stream brookies, you should try a "dry/dropper" rig. that is two flies, a moderate size dry fly (I'd start with a 14 or 16 caddis) with a hares ear or other nymph trailed behind (and underwater) bybetween 4 inches and 1 1/2 feet depending on the water depth. Those brookies are pretty aggressive and should hit topwater even when there is no "hatch" If not the nymph will definately get 'em
Good Luck
Good call on the dry/dropper forgot to mention that, but for the dry i like to use a bit bigger of a fly maybe one that has a bit of foam in it, floats better and works as a great indicator, i prefer to use the chernoble ant or a foam hopper for my dry.