I could not watch it but this is a good reminder. I always wear glasses (because I have to) and it might have saved my eyes last Thursday. The wind suddenly picked up and blew the line down so during a few of my back casts the line and fly ended up in my face. The down-force from the wind was so strong it felt like I had considerably heavier line on (I was at first unaware why this was happening) and I barely could lift the line up off the water. The wind went from calm to winds to strong to fly fish in a few minutes. Although I am no master fly caster I am probably not a bad caster either the situation just took me by surprise. I seemed to be standing in a place where the wind was mostly blowing over my head so I was unaware how strong it really was. I consider myself lucky.Originally Posted by Bass_Bug
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