Flippers

[flygoddess]

Hi guys, Haven't been guiding for a couple of weeks, we are up in Idaho visiting family and fishing some of the less blown out rivers. Got back yesterday from an overbnighter at Henry's Lake. Got on the lake Tuesday only to get blown right back off with only a couple of good slams. Storm moved in later Tuesday. Fished the rivers and caught a bunch of bows. Went back to the lake yesterday before heading back to Idaho Falls, despite the ugly skies. Was out maybe two hours and the storm hit with a vengeance. I can handle wind if need be and rain no problem, but when that sky starts lighting up and making noise, I think it is time to take those graphite rods off the water. I hooked a very nice 27" cutt just as the wind hit hard, so landing it and fighting the wind and rain was a chore, but well worth it. Alas no pictures.
Enough of that, those flippers are the funniest thing I have ever seen. I know they have some out right now that look like triangles and the idea is to walk in the water, but I will stick to flippers.
Final note, on the fact that in a tube or a pontoon you are moving backwards, when you cast (with either bait, lure or fly) you are stripping or reeling it back toward you so backwards is a natural motion, right? The fact that you might be moving backwards shouldn't matter. And in a tube or toon it is easy enough to get back to the right spot, I worry more about getting in the right zone (depth) where the fish are holding.
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