Help me decide if I should burn a sick day to fish tomorrow Friday 3/21

[moodyblues]

I haven't been out since January and I am crawling in my skin right now. I have been waiting for a good day to call off and spend the day fishing, and work wise tomorrow is a perfect day. The weather, mainly the forecasted wind, has me second guessing if I should burn a precious sick day or wait for more optimal conditions.

I am typically not the kind of guy that won't go fishing because of weather conditions, but again, the burning of the sick day is the main hangup here. I can only afford to burn 2 or 3 at the most on fishing excursions in a year (dont worry, I use plenty of vacation days on fishing, but not until after the end of April). It is also my experience that the bite is negativly impacted by a big temperature swing as well. And its supposed to be sunny.....not my favorite fishing condition either.

To be clear, I would be trout fishing somewhere in central PA.

So i ask you fellow anglers if I should say to hell with it and take my chances with the wind, or wait a week or 2 for a calmer, overcast day with steady temperatures?

Edited because my original post got cut off for some reason.

Get to work! Retirees, and a host of moochers and other slackers, need you to keep paying into the system so we/they can go fishing anytime we/they want.

 

[tomgamber]

My wife used to have sick and vacation. then one day they just turned vacation into PTO but just made the hundreds of hours of unused "sick time" disappear. I've always just pulled from one pool of PTO.

 

[JeffP]

The teachers where i work get 10!!

We get 10 sick days and 3 personal days. I think some schools have gone to 10 days where you don't need a reason and don't distinguish between sick/personal/ bereavement/family sick days. Might be what you have.

 

[wildtrout2]

Much too windy today. I could see it being very frustrating trying to cast in this wind.

 

[sixfootfenwick]

Much too windy today. I could see it being very frustrating trying to cast in this wind.

Id wonder up a narrow ravine fishing plunge pools for brook trout. Great day for that

 

[Tigereye]

Retired. When I worked we had vacation and bereavement days. We could take sick days but it was on the honor system. As long as it wasn't abused, you took what you needed. Most years, I took zero. I took 4 weeks to recover from a broken back. Other than that, probably less than 10 days over 35 years.
One woman, habitually took 20 to 30 a year in addition to vacation and bereavement. Usually linked to a weekend or holiday. That bordered abuse IMO Yet she remained employed until she retired.

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

It's a tie. What did DudeMan do?

 

[Forestfishin]

It's a tie. What did DudeMan do?

Thinking he’s cursing at the wind stream side somewhere

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

Thinking he’s cursing at the wind stream side somewhere

My sunny disposition says he's short-lining and having a great time. 🙂

 

[wildtrout2]

It's a tie. What did DudeMan do?

I'm hoping we'll find out tonight.

 

[Forestfishin]

My sunny disposition says he's short-lining and having a great time. 🙂

Either way I’m betting it’s better than working