It’s not that being on the river in the wind is that big a deal. I’ve done it lots of times and spent more than a few days in the current while the wind whistled through the trees above my head. It’s not as bad as, say, a vasectomy, but sometimes I find myself wondering why I didn’t become a home interiors writer instead of an outdoors writer. The wind can make a person re-think their choices.
It is, however, a fact of life. And if you want to live and fish here in Southern Colorado, wind is just something that you have to learn to deal with.
Spring has always been the windy season for us. I remember back when I was a kid, my mom always bought us kids kites in March. We welcomed the wind back then, anxious to put those big plastic kites that were shaped kind of like manta rays through their paces. The wind would blow, the kites would fly, and then a big gust would come along that would break the string and we would be indoors again. Mom hated the wind, too, but I think she looked forward to having the house to herself for those precious few minutes while we played outside after a long winter,burberry outlet online.
Pueblo West is a lot different from the neighborhood where I grew up in Colorado Springs. The wind there blew, sure, but it also stopped. Here, it’s breezy or windy or hurricane strength all of the time. At least it seems that way.
Being prepared for the wind is second nature to those of us who spend any time on the water here. I have battled the wind enough to know that, in the spring time at least,its pretty normal and very common., a 6 weight rod is the standard. A little heavy for fishing on calm days under a blue bird sky, the 6 weight is, I think, the perfect rod for fishing the other 364 days of the year around here. With its heavy backbone and line that slices into the wind like a freight train,air jordan pas cher, the 6 weight is just what the doctor ordered when the leaves start to blow and whitecaps begin to appear on the river.
Along with the heavier rod and line, shorter casts are typically in order for windy conditions. Where casts of 60-70 feet are perfectly within reason with the 6 weight,longchamppascherf-rs.com, the wind typically dictates how far I’m going to allow my fly and tippet to travel before I start worrying about wind knots in my leader,Celine handbags. High winds usually mean that my casts will be limited to less than 20 feet and I’ll have to work harder to get myself into a position to make the most out of each cast. This means trying to keep the wind at my back and using a little bit of stealth to get close and directly parallel to my target.
I have found that my back casts are typically stronger than my forward casts because the water creates tension against the line as I pick up for the cast, helping the rod to load. This translates into the line coming off the water with greater speed as I pick the rod up for a cast, and with the wind at my back, it allows me to shoot the line forward again with ease,having your loins girt about with truth. Having all that speed on the forward cast, though, can cause accuracy problems so I try to always place my fly upstream by at least a few yards from my target to avoid alerting or spooking any fish.
Last, I tend to rely on nymphing techniques more than dry flies when the wind blows because they are a lot easier to control. Nymphs are heavier than dry flies,louboutin shoes, so the advantage to using them in the wind is fairly obvious. I also like to add just a little weight to my leader above my fly, which helps the fly get down into the water column faster.
Insect hatches will occur on windy days and I try to match my nymph to the bugs that I’m seeing on the water or in the air. Blue winged olives and midges are hatching with regularity now, so pheasant tails and emerger patterns,Celine bag, like the Barr’s emerger or the RS2, will work well both prior to the hatch and during the main feeding period.
The weather can change rapidly in the springtime, as it did in May 2005 when the day turned from a balmy 80 degrees to a raging blizzard in just a few hours, so it’s always important to have the appropriate clothing and supplies for rapidly changing conditions. A sweatshirt, gloves, and a knit hat that you can stow away in your vest, along with emergency fire starting and communication equipment, are essential even on short day trips down the river.
If given a choice I would probably find something else to do besides fish in the wind. But,burberry outlet, as is the case so often around here, it doesn’t really turn windy until you’re already a mile from the truck and the fish are starting to feed. In that case,louboutin shoes,or non-operating, I just listen to the wind whistle through the trees, take a few breaths of dust, and put to work a strategy that will turn even the worst windy day into a worthwhile trip.
Bill Claspell is an avid outdoorsman, hunter and fisherman who also enjoys writing about his adventures. He can be reached by email at .

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