Contoocook River, NH

I spent a couple of hours fishing the Contoocook River between Hillsboro and Henniker NH this evening. It was overcast when I waded into the river and started to rain just enough to get wet once I got situated. By the looks of the riverbank, the water was about 18" over normal conditions, due to all the rain we have had this June. I fished a 7wt sinking tip WF line on a 5wt Orvis Trident TL rod. It actually did real well! I wanted to stick with streamers. Caught a smallie right off. The next two fish were nice rainbows, both fell for a size 4 black ghost streamer, which i tied myself. The water temp was 68 degrees. Tough handling a camera, standing in the middle of the river in the rain with a fish on...