The flowage can be a frustrating place to fish, but with time and persistence you learn tricks that help.
Two of the biggest things I watch for, when deciding whether to fish the flowage or another lake, are consistent
wind direction, and changing weather conditions. Bluebird sunny days are tough, but nothing will shut fishing
down faster than a strong cold front. To be honest, you should have been out on the water on the crappy weather
day. You would have seen an improvement right before that bad weather came in. Then, second death knell for
fishing (at least for me) is the Mayfly hatch....and you hit it dead on the money. They have so much to eat out
there...it's like a buffet. For me, live bait outperforms any artificial I fish on the flowage (3 to 1).
Better luck next time!