- Make sure you have enough clothing to keep both warm and dry.....simplistic enough I know but its amazing how miserable you can get when cold/damp.
- On setting up, all you need from your box is the rig for your rod and a spare, complete with leads, your knife, bait elastic and whatever disgorger you use. Close the lid and make sure the wind cant blow it open and in turn over and spread the contents aross the beach. (nice incident in Benone that....)
- Use a heavier weight than normal....6- 7ozs in parts, this will aid casting into a head wind and it also provides more resistance for you to tighten up to. It also, should spotting bites be a problem, provide more resistance for a fish to hook itself against.
- Multiplier novices, turn your mags to full or reach for your egg whisk. Headwinds in particular can make life hell for the newcomer to the Multiplier.
- I dont like using braid in strong winds, it just doesnt have enough give in it and the rod ends up bouncing all over the place to each gust of wind or brush of weed.
- When setting up your tripod, try and have it in a place where you wont have to move too often. I find it helps, no matter what way the wind is blowing to set it slightly lower than usual and facing at an angle rather than facing the sea straight on.
- When you set your rods on the Tripod, try and have them pointing sort of along the beach, dont set them in the butt cups but rather have maybe the top three feet or so supported by the clips, less if its really windy. Use a stone or your beta box or whatever to make sure your rod butt doesnt slide and really tighten in to your weight. Setting your rods into the rod cups is a sure fire recipe for a tossed over tripod.
- When dealing with annoying heavy crosswinds, point your rods away from the wind, this means you can sit with your back to it whilst watching your rodtips.
- I have found that heavy rods are not always the answer, if you use a heavy enough weight, you can tighten in with a more match style rod enough so the rod doesnt bounce in the breeze but still show the smallest bites. I do this with the match tip for a Grauvell Tektron which is super fine and with my Triplex, it works very well and means you can spot far more bites than if you were going down the broomstick route.
- Spectacle wearers, reach for the contact lenses. It makes such a difference. There is nothing worse than being on a beach getting battered with wind, rain, spray and sand and being unable to see properly.
- If you cant see any bites, adopt match fishing tactics and reel in every 15 to 20 mins regardless....you can be surprised...
- Always try and have yourself set up with your back to the wind, even if this means sitting under your rod tips facing away from the sea, it looks daft but it keeps the morale up so who cares!
- Keep all your bait in a bucket, a couple of rocks can be required at times. It stops it getting spread over the beach. Tupperware containers and the like are a recipe for disaster.
- Above all, try and enjoy it, you are out there pitting your wits against nature in more ways than one. I find a good battering exhilarating now rather than frustrating, must be a touch of the masochist in me
Theres a serious satisfaction in taking fish from a spot in the teeth of a 40mph wind.Anyone got anything else.....??
Its amazing how many fish you can catch when the weather is keeping any sane folk in the house. Do take care though and keep well out of reach of any nasty waves.
other than that the main problem i get is keeping the tripod stable investing in a good one would help i suppose 
. i tend to use a lower diameter line this has less wind resistance,this helps when fishing from a height(De Wall etc)
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seriously Pete, the nightmares 
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