So it's not the world's most difficult tongue twister, but now that you've said it three times, go do it. Get a good supply of lead heads and catch some shallow water walleyes on windy days.

First, find the fish. Locations can be shorelines, shallow weed patches or shallow rock structures like reefs. Let's take them one at a time.

The best shorelines often have certain things in common. First, look for some color in the water -- the reason the windy side of the lake can be good. Even if the wind has stopped blowing, stained water means a good chance walleyes will still be there. It seems as if stained water gives the fish a sight advantage over their prey. In clear water, the baitfish can see the walleyes coming and generally don't stay around. The other thing that can be important for shallow shoreline spots is deep water nearby. Although you'll occasionally find walleyes a long distance from deep water, consistent spots are usually locations where the boat is in at least four feet of water a long cast from shore.

While shorelines can be good shallow weed areas are often better -- and often overlooked. The best weed areas consist of weeds with a clean, hard bottom underneath. In other words, walleyes seem to prefer lurking in jungles of weed stalks, without a lot of junky weeds covering the bottom. The weeds can be of various varieties -- but don't pass up pencil reeds in extremely shallow water.

The third area to check out is the classic mid-lake rocky structure. Here the key is to find current areas -- the place between two boulders that has some wind-blow current moving through.

The common denominator of how to fish these shallow structures on windy days is what you tie on the end of your line. For us, that's usually a jig with some live bait sweetener on the hook. A big mistake a lot of people make when choosing a jig for windy days is picking one that's too light. Even though the rule of thumb is to select the lightest jig possible, on windy days it's easy to go too light. For instance, a lot of times a 1/8-ounce or even a 1/4-ounce jig is the right one for the job. The problem is that with a light jig, the wind will catch your line and pull the jig out of the strike zone. A heavier jig maintains contact with the bottom to get the job done. The other thing you'll need in wind is light line. Whereas a strong wind will billow out eight and even six-pound test, going to a strong, limp four-pound test line like Berkley Select lets you fish more efficiently.

Fish efficiently you say? The key in high winds is to keep your jig near bottom, which means avoiding the effects of wind on your line. The first way to do that is by keeping your line out of the wind. That often means casting, then keeping the tip of the rod touching the water so the wind can't catch your line. When it's real windy, you'll have to go to shorter casts. Shorter rods give you better control. If there's one piece of advice that will definitely make you a better walleye jigger on windy days, it's to try to cast directly with the wind or directly against the wind. If you cast crossways to the wind you'll have too much of a bow in your line and be unable to detect strikes and maintain a good feel with your jig.

Casting directly with or against the wind is especially important around weed beds. When wind consistently blows one direction, the long weed stalks tend to as a group, lay the same way with the current that the wind creates. When you cast with or against the wind, your jig is much more likely to go in between the stalks, keeping your jig working in the fish zone a lot longer than if you tried to bring it across the weed stalks.

Possibly the most difficult thing to learn about fishing shallow water walleyes in the wind is the right retrieve. On calm days, the old standby retrieve will work -- lift the jig off the bottom by raising your rod, then hold the rod tip up to let the jig sweep to the bottom. On windy days, though, you want to let your line do the lifting. Keep your rod tip almost touching the water and sidearm sweep the jig toward you. The force of the water against your line will actually lift your jig just enough to spark a walleye's interest.

Once you master the sweeping retrieve, you have to pay a super amount of attention to feeling the bite. Two pieces of gear that work for us are the IM6 Light and Tough rods from Daiwa paired with Daiwa's TDX 1500 infinite anti-reverse spinning reels. The rod we designed for Daiwa has a limber tip and lots of back bone. The limber tip allows us to feel a fish without putting a lot of pressure on him. The backbone allows good hook sets. The reel has no back play, so it becomes one with the rod. This allows you to feel the subtle pickup of a walleye sucking in the jig - now set the hook hard.

Our favorite jigs are short shank Northland Fireballs or WAZP Short Shakes, each is available in many colors. Although a chartreuse or green jig is often the first choice, a real sleeper color as of late has been gold plated jigs. The shorter shank keeps the bait (a leech, a half crawler or a piece of Berkley Power Crawler) closer to the jig head, where if a walleye strikes at the color, he's bound to get a hook. When fishing a casting jig. a shorter hook shank is better because the hook's wide gap is more likely to contact the fish's mouth and keep it hooked all the way to the boat.

As always, in shallow water it's important to use a good trolling motor with a long enough shaft. A standard shaft is likely to pull the trolling motor prop out of the water, making a tremendous sputtering splashing noise that can spook fish. Best to go with something like the 54-inch Minn Kota Turbo Pro 524 if you run a deep-V boat.

Wind and walleyes go together well like good dance partners. If you're in a windy area that walleyes are using to load up on bait, chances are that with the right presentation, you'll load up on walleyes. All right, everybody sing (to the melody of "I'm Singing in the Rain") -- Eye'm Jigging in the Wind...