Salmo,
Chironomids make up over half of a stillwater trout's spring diet, so it it worth learning if you fish lakes much.

As far as the weather, guilty as charged. I was going to go searun fishing on the canal but didn't want to deal with the predicted wind gust to 20 mph.
I chose the lesser of two evils and sat in a boat getting drenched.
Very little wind though which was a bonus.....
SF