Quote Originally Posted by Bamboozle
Conditions like you describe may be an occasion to "scratch the hatch".

When the water is high and muddy I typically don't search with dry flies EVEN during a hatch unless I SEE rises. You'd be better off fishing slower eddies and holding spots with the usual suspects; streamers, larger wets and nymphs, ALTHOUGH size isn't as critical as depth IMHO since I have taken fish in muddy water with dinky flies.
Jeff...what Bamboozle said!

Jeremy.