I always look to see what the wind is forcast for the day I want to fly. If it says 5-10 that's pretty good, I know it will be light in the morning and more like 15 by noon. If it says 10-15 I don't bother going out at all because I know it's going to be in the 20s with heavy gusts. If I happen to be at the field and we get one of our freak heavy winds that just come up like magic I'm not about to leave no mater how high it is, I just grab my old Kaos or a trainer and fly. Some planes like the Sticks are just too much fun to fly in heavy winds, seems we all have our go to planes. When my flying partner was leaving for Texas it was going to be the last time we got to fly together, the wind was already in the high 30s but we went up anyway. Other guys would pull in, watch us then leave. My 12 year old student asked why they weren't sticking around and flying, we made up some other reason, we didn't tell him you couldn't fly in high winds. Flying in the wind can be fun, up to a point.