flynut, make sure you mend the line a bit. gives it a little extra time to get it down

Didn't work for me. Everyone was catching them but me.  Either I am not a good caster (which I am not), or the water is too fast.

Has anyone had success with fly fishing on Vedder, with this kind of river flow.

Were you fishing the canal section of the river or the upper portion?

I went with a friend, so I don't know the exact place.  But I think it was mid-river, and fast moving.  Any recommendation as to where fly fishing would work, on Vedder today?

are you casting slightly upstream then mending? or push a roll cast behind. I use an ultra fast sinking/  shooting head, had a couple of takes but not landed any yet ,met one guy who uses about 30" lead line just before the leader.system worked for me in the past just not this season Yet.  

I was casting upstream with a floating line with a ultra-fast sinking leader.  Not a sinking tip.

I don't have a great cast, so that was not helping me any, since the fly would not make it to the middle of the river or beyond.  If I waded any deeper, I would be the subject of a long thread about the fly fisher who bit the dust

I am glad to hear that you had a few strikes.  That is a great sign  Probably the approach is with ultra-fast sinking tip line (not leader).

Can you explain the 30" lead line.

What weight setup were you using, Sandy?

Awfully generous report Normfish, thanks dude.