From the benchGet on the water by 6:30 AM before the storm cells build — the overcast morning light will trigger both caddis and baetis activity simultaneously, and trout will be actively feeding in the riffles and tailouts. Focus your first two hours on riffle-to-pool transitions with a nymph fished at 18-24 inches, then switch to a dry fly as the hatch materializes mid-morning. If afternoon thunderstorms arrive and bump the flow, abandon the dry-fly game and swing a sculpin or streamer tight to the banks where big browns will be opportunistically feeding in the colored water. Keep your wading deliberate — without live gauge data, treat every crossing as potentially higher and faster than it looks.