Don't feel like you're missing anything.
It's High Tide on the Rapid right now - they're running above 2000cfs
(2700cfs, iirc) - which makes most of the river virtually unfishable...

/daytripper (ponding is where it's at this week in New England...)

My very first session on the Rapid, it was running 2700 or so. Was
feeling a sense of foreboding on my drive there, wondering if the river
would be blown for my whole trip. Turns out I caught 11 fish in the
first few hours in that high water. So you never know!

Pete