Stayed up after a midnight shift to run errands. I maximized my waiting time by fishing the home water (creek system). What I noticed is less wind = less active feeding fish. Last Sat, the wind was gusting up to 25 mph, and carp were actively feeding. Today, there was less wind & there were only a few active feeders, this one taking a purple SJW. With the temps in the low 90’s, the take was hard, and the fight was on. Tight lines.
I find that the wind often stirs up the prey items, resulting in more feeding activity. In still water situations, it also breaks up the surface, making it a bit more difficult for fish to see the movement of casting or the line passing over their heads. I prefer to fish when there is just enough wind to ripple the surface as I have more confidence and thus more luck.
Jim Smith
On still waters for trout, fishing a leech under an indicator is lots more effective when there is enough wind to create ripples. in fact on some days w/ intermittent wind you so realize you are catching fish when the wind is blowing and not catching fish when it is not blowing
@James Smith There was definitely more feeding activity that day, but we paid the price in lost flies. @okflyfisher I’ll have to see if that technique will work here. We had gusts of 25-30mph that day. We had to wait for a lull in the wind, then hope the carp you were targeting didn’t move too far.