Z: Suggestions 1/ open park/field in the wind 10-15 practice casting 360 NSEW; 2/ If you can try same thing or close to it on a pond or lake. Take a black marker and do a measured mark on the flyline 50 feet, 60 feet, and 70 feet. From October to July there's a 90% chance you will have at least 10 in the Keys and definitely 10 or more in the lower Keys. Practice casting in windy conditions...in the 30 years or so that I have flats fished the lower Keys usually Key West about an average of 8 or 9 days a year...less than 10 days wind below 10 kts and the usual is 10-15 kts but there are days 15-20 kts...what do you do if you are like me a Yankee who has planned the trip sit in the bar or fish if the wind is up...we go fishing wind be damned and if only we were like those flyfishing dilettantes we read, see, and here about those great adventures in perfect weather or those who luxuriate in a Keys condo for months and fish optimally. They choose the optimal days...we go flyfishing on the flats when our few days and window of opportunity are open... when the wind is up, when broken clouds obscure, and then when we go the moon phase and tide are wrong...we go flyfishing. My last February trip to KW was outstanding everything lined up...wind 10-15, clear air, clear water and fish...used a 9wt for Bonefish and 10 wt for Permit. I love February in the lower Keys...chancy for fronts but not the whole month...
