Fishing strategies vary with daily conditions

You wake up to a glorious morning with the sun peeking through the trees. Wow! What a day!
The eagles are calling as they soar over the narrows in front of camp. Wood thrushes are playing their buzzy flutes in the woods behind the cabin.
You sip a cup of coffee on the porch and contemplate the only decision you need to make today. Where should we go fishing?
Waiting to see what the morning brings is the best way to approach this, admittedly minor, dilemma. Is it rainy or sunny? Is it windy and if so what direction is the wind? Is it going to be hot or cold?
If the conditions look favourable, maybe this is a day in which you would like to make a shore lunch, cook your fish out on the rocks. Or maybe you would like to take a bag lunch and go farther from camp than you usually venture.
If it is going to be cool and/or rainy you might want to do just the opposite, fish nearer camp and plan on coming in for lunch to warm up. Maybe even have a nap later in the glow from the woodstove.
One strategy is to head out on the bigger bays during days with light winds and fish the closer-in bays and narrows during windy times.
You should always be flexible on whatever you decide. Conditions change as the day goes on and the alert and wise angler adapts his plans to whatever happens.
You do the best and enjoy life the most when you realize you are a part of Nature and just "go with the flow."
(Photo by Troy and Jane Bechtel.)
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