Barometer soup

"you should have been here yesterday"

Weather is one of the uncontrollable variables that are part of fishing. Air temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction are the common ones. We look at the forecast and gear up accordingly. But there is another weather variable that is often overlooked, yet can impact how the day will go.

Atmospheric pressure, as shown on a barometer, is one variable that is often overlooked or ignored. Folks find it confusing as well. Like other weather elements, it can be a predictor that is worth understanding.

Watch this episode of Mossy Creek Fly Fishing’s Untangled. Brian explains how a rising or falling barometer impacts fish and fishing.

More than anything else, knowing what the barometer is doing helps me set some expectations for the day. It may also account for why, when everything else made me think it was going to be a good day, the fishing just wasn’t what I expected, and I was served a helping of barometer soup…