10/07/2010 Today was interesting to say the least. We pushed off from the dock in 15-25 knt winds, higher gusts, headed for the shallows for Bass on the fly. We got to our first flat of the day offering little protection. With the wind at our back I staked us out to get set up and the push pole point broke from being worn down over the years. Alright, so now we are on the fly, 15-25 knt winds and have a broken point on my pole. With these hurdles behind us I use the pointless pole to get us into a position to take our first shot at a laid up Bass. I go to slowly stop the boat and CRACK the pushpole breaks again at the ferrel and is now rendered usless. So with my pushpole pieces gathered up we figured we would press on and fish with the use of the trolling engines and seek protection from the winds. I went old school and creek hopped, sight fishing Bass that we had rolling on shrimp high in the grasses. Our 1st pod of Bass we stalked for 45 minutes, resulting in 3 Bass to the boat and raising 3 others, all very nice 25" specimens and all were very challenging, requiring my clients to present the fly perfectly, and I mean perfectly, putting the fly in areas 12" wide in big winds...for these Bass would not move an inch to chase a fly. When the bite turned off we headed out to repeat the process through out the day. A very fun and active day considering the deck being stacked against us.The push pole will be a 2 day repair so tomorrow will be another TM day.