15th straight weekend with rain

I just got news that this weekend is the 15th consecutive weekend in Indiana with rain or snow, going back through this winter.  The rivers and creeks have barely been fishable this year with the weather.

At the shop, I spent the entire day building a kayak trailer.  With temperatures peaking over 80 and high humidity, it was a painful job.

Immediately after work, I decided I needed some fishing time.  I headed to the creek and was pleasantly surprised to find that although the water was running quite high, it was not as off color as I expected. 

Unfortunately, not many fish were to be found.  I started fishing a black clouser minnow, but as I continued, I never retied my knot.  On the first bump I felt, I pulled up my leader to reveal the fluoro on my loop knot had broken where it contacted the hook eye.  Very strange!

I switched to the next closest fly I had, which turned out to be a black crayfish fly.  It elicited a follow from a tiny little smallmouth in the main pool, but no strikes.  Finally, fishing a massive pool with some conflicting currents, I picked up a nice 12 or 13 inch white crappie, which I rarely find in creeks like this. 

I continued fishing through the numerous pools in the river, but it was really just running too high for me to navigate with confidence.  I left without being blanked, but without anything special.

I hiked the half mile back to my car while sweating.  The humidity had not gone down, and the route back to the car is all uphill.  Hopefully I can catch some decent fish with the remaining days of my weekend.