big water and tight lines

Hi folks, Finally a day without any rain.  I guided a tributary of the Lamoille this morning with the fly.  Nice fishing weather.  Water levels are still up and will stay that way for awhile.  The main stem of the Lamoille and Winooski will be stuffed for a couple more days.  Get used to the high water, not such a bad thing if the clarity is decent.  The water temperature was 59 degrees today which is great and bodes well for the fishing the next few weeks.  Trout can adjust to high water and they still have to eat.  Focus on the softer water and steer clear of some the heavy stuff.  All of our strikes today were pretty violent.  The nice thing about high water is the spook factor is not so great and the fish truly do move out heavy dirty water into shallow margins at times.  We fished by tight line swinging double nymph rigs with lots of weight which was positioned 6" above the lead fly.  There were a few micro caddis hatching (caddis smaller than #18) and no rising fish.  Our rigs consisted of #12 tungsten Prince and Zug bugs with #16 and #18 olive caddis and an olive flashback hare's ear.  The best trout of the day was crazy jumping 14" wild rainbow.  Big pectoral fins on this fish and a broad tail.  We had 11 trout eat the fly including one large we never saw, damn it!  We landed 5 fish a combination of rainbows and browns.  I will be on the water for the few days and the fishing should be good.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy