04-20-2015, 08:32 PM
[#0000FF]I usually check in with at least two or three weather forecasting sites. If winds are forecast for much in excess of 5mph early...and rapidly rising...I usually cancel my planned trip.
I can deal with cold but wind messes up my action when I want to fish finesse...or for fly fishing. If you can't maintain position and properly present your fly or lure you are going to miss strikes or just plain not be able to entice the fish right.
On the other hand, a bit of fishing ripple often turns the fish on and they bite better. Not always.
One of the keys is the passage of fronts. If you fish a breeze ahead of a front you will usually do better than fishing wind after a front has just passed. I usually like to plan trips after there has been a couple of days of calm after the last blow.
Unsafe? If the wind is so strong you cannot move against it to get back to your vehicle that is too strong. I have had to get out on the shore and wait out a blow in order to be able to return to my vehicle. And I have also had to walk a long ways back to my vehicle and drive to where I got out with my tube.
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I can deal with cold but wind messes up my action when I want to fish finesse...or for fly fishing. If you can't maintain position and properly present your fly or lure you are going to miss strikes or just plain not be able to entice the fish right.
On the other hand, a bit of fishing ripple often turns the fish on and they bite better. Not always.
One of the keys is the passage of fronts. If you fish a breeze ahead of a front you will usually do better than fishing wind after a front has just passed. I usually like to plan trips after there has been a couple of days of calm after the last blow.
Unsafe? If the wind is so strong you cannot move against it to get back to your vehicle that is too strong. I have had to get out on the shore and wait out a blow in order to be able to return to my vehicle. And I have also had to walk a long ways back to my vehicle and drive to where I got out with my tube.
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