skunk-o-rama yesterday - Merced River again. The river is already pretty high
By comparison, when I went last fall, I was getting strikes throwing a caddis close to that far rock wall (and I don't wade).
A little farther downstream, I pulled off by a large pool and saw mayflies flying around, so I scrambled down the bank at the tail end and started creeping forward and casting upstream.
Nada. Through the day, tried mayfly dries, nymphs under an indicator in the faster water, and a streamer, and really didn't even see any fish. I was ready to throw a nightcrawler or something into that last pool, but don't carry that around with me anymore.