First time out on Amber on Amber this year. Arrived at the lake with strong winds and a rain/snow mix so condidtions were far from ideal. I waited 20 minutes hoping it would break before putting in and eventually it did- at least the rain and snow, but not the wind, which continued throughout the late morning/early afternoon making fishing extremely difficult. There were white caps on the lake, which I braved for about on hour fishing the extreme south end where I picked up two rainbows stripping a halfback nymph. Water was (by feel) in the low 40s.... no bugs were coming off on that end so I moved (not wanting to brave the wind)to the bank across from the boat lauch which offers some shelter where I suspended chiros, nymphs, leeches, etc under an indicator in 10-20 feet of water with no success. A guy with a fish finder told me the fish were suspended about halfway down in water anywhere from 15-25 feet, so I adjusted my rig expecting to get some fish now that I was "in the zone" depth wise. Nada... Did not see anybody else catching fish either under the indicator so I decided to get "dirty". I cut off my flies and tied on two egg patterns- peach and pink colored. First cast- had a take down (subtle but a take) which I missed on. A few minutes later after recasting I had another take and a hook up with a fish to hand (16inch bow). Over the next couple hours, I picked up four more fish but had 8-10 more takes in that period of time I missed on... Not fast and furious but decent given the conditions...