WINDY Sunday

[Greg]

Fished Sunday 4/2 in the afternoon. It was absolutely the windiest day I have ever tried to fly fish. Was anyone else out there? I tried nymphing with an indicator but it was just impossible to get a decent drift with that amount of wind. Didn't even attempt a dry. I finally figured out I could kind of cast straight downstream and strip a wooly. Once I started doing that I caught some. Maybe 20 in the 4 hours I was there including a couple or 3 decent 15 to 16" fish. Unfortunately I had brought my 11 year with me for his first trip of the year. Poor little guy couldn't cast at all in the wind. And he got bored with me casting for him pretty quickly. I wish I had brought him a spinning rod. My wife didn't fare much better. They ended up going shopping and then watching me for the last hour. Even with the wind it was still enjoyable though. Can't say I've ever had a bad day fly fishing at Taneycomo.

[Phil Lilley]

Not sure if I'd seen whites caps as big as they were on Sunday in front of the resort. I thought we may lose a dock to it!

It was windy! I told someone asking what they could throw in the wind and you used exactly what I suggested.

[Micheal Kyle]

Greg,

You and Phil are on the right track with the woolys. I would also cast a Mohair Leech. I would also cast a Crackleback and strip it in just like a wooly or a leech. I have found that on a windy day that those are deadly, fishing them in that manner will actually have the fly right under the surface and the fish love that presentation.

Michael