golden beetle
Active member
I've been fly fishing for a long time, and like everyone else, have a lot to learn.'
There are very few experts for any given body of water, who understand the fishery.
I don't want to use the word "best" in here, because the word is subjective. But I would recommend that, if you're serious about learning any fishery, that you find a guide who is familiar with the water you plan to fish. You simply won't be able to learn as much in a day of winging it as you will with somebody who makes their livelihood on that water.
Joe D is my personal choice as the ideal guide for the Delaware River.
I've fished with Joe twice this year. I can't help myself. I either pay Joe or a therapist!
The Delaware is the greatest fishery in the United States. That's an opinion that I'd be glad to defend in any discussion with anybody, anywhere. But it is only an opinion, so I'd rather just let it be my written opinion here, and not discuss it on the Interwebs with those that disagree. The best place to discuss these issues is on the water.
Just last month Joe and I fished into the late evening. Into the dark of night. But the full moon lit the sky, and I spent the last few moments staring at the Upper Delaware stars through Joe's "stargazer" app on his iPhone.
Joe will say that the Upper Delaware sky is as beautiful as any in the world.
It ain't only about the fish.
Yeah, I caught the biggest bow of my life on Sunday night with Joe, and hooked the biggest brown of my life but lost him just a few short feet from the boat.
Perhaps I'll post pics shortly.
But the agony of defeat was shared with Joe when I lost that big brown.
And the ecstasy of victory upon landing that bow just an hour later.
Joe says that there's no place he'd rather be, when he's on the river.
He's telling the truth, and you can't help but to agree when you're fishing with him.
What a day.
There are very few experts for any given body of water, who understand the fishery.
I don't want to use the word "best" in here, because the word is subjective. But I would recommend that, if you're serious about learning any fishery, that you find a guide who is familiar with the water you plan to fish. You simply won't be able to learn as much in a day of winging it as you will with somebody who makes their livelihood on that water.
Joe D is my personal choice as the ideal guide for the Delaware River.
I've fished with Joe twice this year. I can't help myself. I either pay Joe or a therapist!
The Delaware is the greatest fishery in the United States. That's an opinion that I'd be glad to defend in any discussion with anybody, anywhere. But it is only an opinion, so I'd rather just let it be my written opinion here, and not discuss it on the Interwebs with those that disagree. The best place to discuss these issues is on the water.
Just last month Joe and I fished into the late evening. Into the dark of night. But the full moon lit the sky, and I spent the last few moments staring at the Upper Delaware stars through Joe's "stargazer" app on his iPhone.
Joe will say that the Upper Delaware sky is as beautiful as any in the world.
It ain't only about the fish.
Yeah, I caught the biggest bow of my life on Sunday night with Joe, and hooked the biggest brown of my life but lost him just a few short feet from the boat.
Perhaps I'll post pics shortly.
But the agony of defeat was shared with Joe when I lost that big brown.
And the ecstasy of victory upon landing that bow just an hour later.
Joe says that there's no place he'd rather be, when he's on the river.
He's telling the truth, and you can't help but to agree when you're fishing with him.
What a day.
