Thanks for the responses.
I started the day using some foam/rubber legged critters (size 12...primary colors tried: yellow, black, chartreuse). After a bit, I added a dropper (pheasant tail, hares ear nymphs).
Later, working downstream, i tried an olive leach, black muddler dry, black muddler wet, wooly bugger in orange, chartreuse black and purple varieties.
Current was a little too fast to break out a poppers.
someone has to have the ultimate pattern