Fished KY River Today

I put in at Benson Creek. I fished the creek for a bit first but no takers. Then I ran up river a few miles. I put the trolling motor down and that is when I noticed the current. Man, the river was moving pretty fast. I got a few bites but could not get one to hang on long enough to set the hook.
I don't know why the river had so much current unless maybe they are dropping Herrington. Anybody know?
I also had a problem with the foot switch on my trolling motor. It actually started a couple of weeks ago but it got worse today and after about three hours of fishing it quit working. So I went home and took the switch out. The rubber piece appeared to have rotted and come apart. Then I called Day's Auto and Boats. Chad told me that they will no longer be able to get trolling motor parts but that they may have a switch. After checking I was told they have two left. Great! I hurried over to Day's and got my switch. So, thank you to Day's for having my part available.
Good thing is, my old switch is still useable but I would have to jury-rig it to make it work.

Fished the river Saturday and today out of Boonesborough State Park. The River is up from all the rain we had last week. Actually from Saturday to today it had dropped about 2 feet but it was still flowing really good over the spillway. They are properly dropping Herrington also, it is that time of the year, so the combination might have made it even worse downstream. BTW I had the same luck as you. The current was too strong and the water clarity was less the 6 inches.

Thanks for the info Joe. I didn't notice the river level being up here but it may have been up prior to my fishing there today.