Wind knots and Tailing loops

It's Memorial Day weekend. Jean is on her way down and we will try to get a reservation at one of the nearby restaurants for dinner tonight.  The sole item on the to-do list for today is to clean the camp before Jean's arrival. Not that I'm putting off that little task but it seems that there is ample time to answer the questions you have asked so far this year.

Mark asked one that has been asked many times.  What do BE and DR stand for?  BE is the East branch from where the UEB and BK come together at JAWS down to junction pool in Hancock where the WB and BE come together. The DR  is simply the Delaware River  (aka the BR or Main Stem) from junction pool down to Callicoon which is pretty much the end of the blue ribbon trout fishing portion of the river.

When I published "A Season on the Delaware" I provided a list of most all my abbreviations. You can get the book from Amazon for less than the cost of half a dozen flies.  While the book has never ranked higher than 347,268 on the best seller list, it does provide lots of useful information that should increase your chances of success catching Delaware River fish.  Received a comment about the book from a friend who, after reading the book, said it was full of typos.  It is!  While I'm sure there are some in my daily entries, most are to be found in the comments submitted by readers (many of which were no doubt typed on phones, hopefully not while driving down the road). The only change I felt justified in making to readers comments was to delete double entries.

John H.- In "You Should 'A Been Here Yesterday" I said  "if you made a good cast you got a look".  John wanted to know if that meant I actually got a look at the fish in the water.  What I meant was that good casts got the fish to come up and look at the fly (mind you that's not the same as a take).  John's question does raise the issue of seeing fish coming to the fly. On gray overcast days you can't see into the water and your first indication of a trout's interest is when he takes or refuses your fly. On bright sunny days, however, if you are fishing with the sun at your back you can often times see a trout approaching your fly. Sometimes they will turn away without coming close enough to even disturb the surface and sometimes their decision to reject the fly is made at the last minute with a disdainful splash. Years spent looking into the water for bonefish has no doubt increased my ability to see fish in the water column.

Dennis - Asked one of his famous "just one question" questions that has six parts, and will be the subject of a later post on casting.

Angler119 has a question for Chris Z.  In an otherwise very positive comment you said, "I have learned a lot from your posts and disagree with many of your views as well. Is disagree a typo? If not opposing views are always welcome - stirring the pot always makes things more interesting.

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