golden beetle
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Joe D likes fishing all year round, so much that if he had to say his least favorite season, it would fall. That's when the fishing begins to end. The long shadows cast by the low sun are beautiful, but they foretell shortening days, and impending winter. It is beautiful, but his time on the water is nearing a close.
Another season is ending, and soon.
Here's a guy who fishes Patagonia and the Bahamas every year, whose favorite stretch of water is somewhere between Cannonsville and the Main Stem of the Delaware River.
Or perhaps Pepacton and the Main.
He appreciates the water close to home, and family.
I appreciate a day on the water with Joe because it is a vacation, only 140 miles from home. I want to get away, but not too far...
That's why the Delaware is so special. It is our home water.
Away, but not too far...
Joe can talk fishing the Delaware better than anyone, but I fish with Joe to talk about life.
I think Joe is half fishing guide, half therapist. At least when he fishes with me.
Simple family things that occupy my mind as a new father, Joe relates to.
He told me how he learned to fly fish as a kid, and how some old timers fishing old Payne bamboo rods helped him along the way.
I was probably telling Joe about fishing with my son, when I hooked and landed the biggest brown trout I have ever caught.
He can hold any conversation, and has an interesting answer to any good question.
And I talk while I cast, and he can relate because he has stories of fishing with his son...
Got that fish on a dry fly. Iso emerger I think, but I don't know for sure.
The fishing is important, but the people you fish with are more important. This is a sport about people. It involves fish.
It is about perspective. The beauty and scale of the river relieves us of our stress and concerns.
So whether or not the big brown trout came to net...
I was already planning my next trip to the Delaware with Joe D.
Another season is ending, and soon.
Here's a guy who fishes Patagonia and the Bahamas every year, whose favorite stretch of water is somewhere between Cannonsville and the Main Stem of the Delaware River.
Or perhaps Pepacton and the Main.
He appreciates the water close to home, and family.
I appreciate a day on the water with Joe because it is a vacation, only 140 miles from home. I want to get away, but not too far...
That's why the Delaware is so special. It is our home water.
Away, but not too far...
Joe can talk fishing the Delaware better than anyone, but I fish with Joe to talk about life.
I think Joe is half fishing guide, half therapist. At least when he fishes with me.
Simple family things that occupy my mind as a new father, Joe relates to.
He told me how he learned to fly fish as a kid, and how some old timers fishing old Payne bamboo rods helped him along the way.
I was probably telling Joe about fishing with my son, when I hooked and landed the biggest brown trout I have ever caught.
He can hold any conversation, and has an interesting answer to any good question.
And I talk while I cast, and he can relate because he has stories of fishing with his son...
Got that fish on a dry fly. Iso emerger I think, but I don't know for sure.
The fishing is important, but the people you fish with are more important. This is a sport about people. It involves fish.
It is about perspective. The beauty and scale of the river relieves us of our stress and concerns.
So whether or not the big brown trout came to net...
I was already planning my next trip to the Delaware with Joe D.
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