Ace: I have run into this problem on three trips to eastern WA. Fortunately, two of the trips were 2 - 3 days and we only got blown off one day. Last trip to Lenice, saw a tuber swimming back to shore. On the latest trip, we were able to look down into the lake while waiting for the wind to die down. The fish tended to be in the shallows, feeding surface and sub-surface on the windy side of the lake. I'm sure they tend to get the bugs that are blown into the lake and are stacking up on the far shore. If you can get in a semi protected area, casting to this area can be productive. On some lakes, you can stand in the shallows and cast, but the old cast & duck gets frustrating after a short time. I found chronies to worked well early in the year on windy days, the problem was not using a large enough "visual depth adjuster". Not really much you can do if it gets too windy.