bump in the road

Hi folks, Guided with the fly rods yesterday with aspiring fly anglers.  Water was up as we received about a 1/2" of rain in Stowe the previous night.  Pretty warm sunny day.  Brought all of the river levels up, though they have now settled back down.  So, we fished a small stream with wild brown trout and native brook trout.  Water temperature was 57 degrees with good clarity but a higher than average flow.  We focused on large primary pools with #12 black stone fly patterns under an indicator and #10 orange stimulators and #12 royal wulffs.  We missed several fish n the nymph rig.  We were able to catch a couple of brook trout and missed one really nice brown trout.  Awful lot of fun watching a large fish rise to the dry fly.  Came right out from a mess of down fall wood.  I managed to spook a really large brown trout crossing the stream.  I was surprised to see the fish where it was holding.  I am sure it was where is was due to the high flows.  I have it now marked and will return and some point to try to catch it.  Tough conditions yesterday morning, but will be back after the trout this morning and this afternoon.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy