Troutbitten

Domenick Swentosky
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Life on the water. Troutbitten is a deep dive into fly fishing for wild trout in wild places. Author and guide, Domenick Swentosky, shares stories, tips, tactics and conversations with friends about fly fishing through the woods and water. Explore more. Fish hard. And discover fly fishing at Troutbitten.com — an extensive resource with 1500+ articles about trout, friends, family and the river.

  1. 1日前

    Small and Light Nymphs -- Rigging and Fishing

    Nymphing has gotten a little tougher over the years, because the trout are a little more picky. I think that’s fair to say. And while the flies I used to find in the trees were mostly Wooley Buggers and Adams dry flies, these days, everything looks like some version of a Perdigon. More anglers are nymphing than ever before. So trout see artificial nymphs in the drift more than ever, and they’re bound to be a little tougher to convince. Surely, the most common advice for fooling more selective fish is to go smaller with the pattern. Often that’s a good strategy that meets the moment . . . but not always. When we do want to fish smaller flies, how do we go about it? The fact is, larger flies drift differently. Heavier flies can get down more quickly. And getting a #18 into the strike zone really requires a different strategy. Here’s the spoiler. There are many ways to get small, light nymphs to the trout. Bigger beadheads and lighter tippets are probably the most current and popular option, but overlooking other ways is selling yourself short. Trailing a small nymph behind something heavier is a good way, as is tagging it above. Then there’s split shot on the leader and drop shot below the flies -- all of these options work with and without indicators on the line. My friends Austin Dando, Bill Dell and Dr. Trevor Smith join me for a fun conversation. RESOURCES ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Drifting Light Nymphs ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Are Light Nymphs More Natural? Is Less Weight More Effective? ENTER YOUR EMAIL AT THE LINK BELOW TO GET $10 OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER WITH PONCHO http://ponchooutdoors.com/troutbitten Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook

  2. 11月1日

    Freewheelin' -- River Stories and Reflections

    My friends and I have spent decades chasing trout all over the wooded valleys of our home waters and on some fun destination trips. I always say that if you spend enough time on the water, you’ll find everything you need out there. Jokingly, I say that about fishing gear. You’ll find nets, tippet posts loaded with tippet, hemostats, nippers and even full fly boxes . . . just by fishing a lot. You’ll also find all the techniques necessary, with time on the water, a willingness to solve the mystery and with good attention to detail. So we’ve all had the similar experiences like that. We’ve all found a bunch of nets, and we’ve all stumbled upon deep river knowledge — things like what it actually takes to get a true dead drift on a dry fly in a soft edge seam next to some fast current. But when you fish long enough, you also encounter the special things, the unique things, the stuff that maybe only you’ve seen, you’ve heard or maybe you’ve felt out there. So we want to share a few of those river stories tonight. Some are funny and others might teach a lesson. My friends Austin Dando, Bill Dell, Trevor Smith and Josh Darling join me for a fun conversation. RESOURCES PODCAST: Troutbitten | Freewheelin' S19, Ep10 PODCAST: Troutbitten | Freewheelin' S5, Ep7 PODCAST: Troutbitten | Freewheelin' S1, Ep7 ENTER YOUR EMAIL AT THE LINK BELOW TO GET $10 OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER WITH PONCHO http://ponchooutdoors.com/troutbitten Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook

  3. 10月25日

    Wader Care and Wader Repair

    This podcast is all about about your waders — wader care and wader repair. You might think that if you take care of your waders, they’ll last forever, but that's surely not true. My son Aiden asked to loan a pair of my old waders to a friend the other day for a fishing trip. And I said, "sure, but they all leak." Every pair of waders I’ve ever had has ended with leaks. Waders are like anything else. Nothing lasts forever, but you can absolutely lengthen a wader's lifespan by taking care of them. Things like washing your waders, turning them inside out when it matters, and just being careful about what you’re walking through extends the life of waders significantly. All of us in this conversation have been fishing long enough to have gone through many, many waders. We’ve also been in the game long enough to know how to patch waders. I’m constantly surprised by how many anglers tell me they got a pinhole in their waders, so they sent them back. That’s not how it used to be. Every die hard angler that I knew used to have a good supply of Aquaseal and they knew how to use it. So here are our thoughts and experiences about taking care of your breathable waders and patching them effectively when the inevitable happens. My friends Austin Dando, Bill Dell and Josh Darling join me for a good conversation about landing nets and carrying methods. RESOURCES ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Critical Wader Care - Advice From the Companies Themselves VIDEO: Troutbitten | Waders On, Waders Off - Stop Wasting Fishing Time PODCAST: Troutbitten | Gear Fixes S15, Ep7 PODCAST: Tech Talk About Boots, Waders and More - In Deep With Kevin Sloan - S19, Ep7 ENTER YOUR EMAIL AT THE LINK BELOW TO GET $10 OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER WITH PONCHO http://ponchooutdoors.com/troutbitten Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook

  4. 10月18日

    Everything About The Landing Net

    This one is all about fishing nets. We cover net types and sizes, handle length, bag depth and hoop width. We also discuss how each of us carries the net and how we access it quickly. Because if all of this is not well thought out, problems are sure to follow. The truth is, the net is one of the heaviest and most cumbersome pieces of gear we have out there. So for the frequent angler, these decisions about where to carry that weight and how to have the net ready for a quick draw and an easy return are fundamental to a smooth system. The net choice and how you carry it should not  be an afterthought. In fact, you just might base other gear decisions around your net requirements. My friends Austin Dando, Bill Dell and Josh Darling join me for a good conversation about landing nets and carrying methods. ENTER YOUR EMAIL AT THE LINK BELOW TO GET $10 OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER WITH PONCHO http://ponchooutdoors.com/troutbitten Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook

  5. 10月11日

    Doing the Opposite

    My friends are here with me to begin season twenty-one with a conversation about doing the opposite. Because if you’re struggling out there on the water, if the net hasn’t been wet in a while and the trout seem to disagree with everything you suggest, then maybe you should do the opposite. To quote Jerry Seinfeld’s advice to George . . . “If every instinct you have is wrong, the opposite would have to be right.” My friends Austin Dando, Bill Dell, Josh Darling and Trevor Smith join me for a fun look at making decisions that can really change things. ENTER YOUR EMAIL AT THE LINK BELOW TO GET $10 OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER WITH PONCHO http://ponchooutdoors.com/troutbitten Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook

  6. 9月6日

    Fighting Big Fish #7 -- Everything All At Once

    For this season finale of our skills series on fighting fish we take questions and comments from the podcast audience. We cover the following: -- Fighting and landing big trout in small streams. -- Fighting trout in shallow water, and keeping them down. -- Drag settings. -- Strip sets. -- Landing two fish at the same time. -- How location and water type affects decisions. -- Cranking the reel vs pumping the rod. -- More on rod choice. My friends Matt Grobe and Bill Dell to wrap up this season. Here's the Episode List for Season 20 1. The Hook Set and What Comes First 2. Where to Fight Them (Water Column and More) 3. Fight Them Fast (You Pull or They Pull - Work With a Trout) 4. The Fighting Position 5. Side Pressure 6. The Last Ten Feet (The Finishing Moves) 7. Wrap Up  Resources CATEGORY: Troutbitten | Catch and Release Safely CATEGORY | Troutbitten | Fighting Fish ARTICLE | Troutbitten | Fighting Fish -- The Last Ten Feet VIDEO | Troutbitten | The Casting, Drifting and Fighting Position - It's All the Same PODCAST: Troutbitten | How to Handle a Trout ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Are We Taking the Safety of Trout Too Far? READ: Troutbitten | Work With a Trout and Not Against It ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Fight Fish Fast Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook

  7. 8月30日

    Fighting Big Fish #6 - The Last Ten Feet, and In the Net

    This podcast is all about the the end of the fight. Everything we’ve walked through in the previous episodes gets you to the point where the fish is within range and just about ready for the scoop. A lot can go wrong at the end of a fight, so there’s a lot that needs to be done right. We cover body, fish, net and rod positioning, all in relation to the river currents. We talk about when we get the net ready and what to do with it.  We cover trapping the line with your trigger finger and what to do with the reel's drag. We also talk about when to scoop, what to scoop and where to scoop -- as in, the landing zone. And we go over net preferences too. Perhaps most importantly, we talk about the concept of spreading your wings at the end -- where the rod hand goes back and the net had reaches out, so the fish’s head comes to the top of the water, and the trout glides into your waiting net. Perfect, right? Yeah, we also talk about less than idea situations and address some mishaps -- how to deal with things when it all starts to fall apart. My friends Matt Grobe and Bill Dell join me for a thorough breakdown of the last ten feet. Here's the Episode List for Season 20 1. The Hook Set and What Comes First 2. Where to Fight Them (Water Column and More) 3. Fight Them Fast (You Pull or They Pull - Work With a Trout) 4. The Fighting Position 5. Side Pressure 6. The Last Ten Feet (The Finishing Moves) 7. Wrap Up (With Stories) Resources CATEGORY: Troutbitten | Catch and Release Safely CATEGORY | Troutbitten | Fighting Fish ARTICLE | Troutbitten | Fighting Fish -- The Last Ten Feet VIDEO | Troutbitten | The Casting, Drifting and Fighting Position - It's All the Same PODCAST: Troutbitten | How to Handle a Trout ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Are We Taking the Safety of Trout Too Far? READ: Troutbitten | Work With a Trout and Not Against It ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Fight Fish Fast Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook

  8. 8月23日

    Fighting Big Fish #5 - Side Pressure!

    Side pressure puts real leverage on a fish. It's where control begins and power originates. All the other skills before this one set us up to maximize side pressure, with the right angles and a great plan for landing the trout of a lifetime. I think the opposite of side pressure is upward pressure, or pulling up with the rod tip, and we don't want to fight the fish at the surface. So while side pressure can keep the fish lower in the water column, upward pressure brings a trout to the top, often way too soon. So with a low rod angle, pulling to the side as much as possible, we force the trout to fight not just the current pushing downstream in its face, but also our constant pressure to the side. A trout wants to hold the current that it’s in, and by pulling sideways, the trout has to work against that pressure to stay in its current. And nothing wears a trout down quicker. My friends Matt Grobe and Bill Dell join me for a deep dive into real side pressure. Here's the Episode List for Season 20 1. The Hook Set and What Comes First 2. Where to Fight Them (Water Column and More) 3. Fight Them Fast (You Pull or They Pull - Work With a Trout) 4. The Fighting Position 5. Side Pressure 6. The Last Ten Feet (The Finishing Moves) 7. Wrap Up (With Stories) Resources CATEGORY: Troutbitten | Catch and Release Safely CATEGORY | Troutbitten | Fighting Fish ARTICLE | Troutbitten | Side Pressure - What It Is and How to Use It VIDEO | Troutbitten | The Casting, Drifting and Fighting Position - It's All the Same PODCAST: Troutbitten | How to Handle a Trout ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Are We Taking the Safety of Trout Too Far? READ: Troutbitten | Work With a Trout and Not Against It ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Fight Fish Fast Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook

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Life on the water. Troutbitten is a deep dive into fly fishing for wild trout in wild places. Author and guide, Domenick Swentosky, shares stories, tips, tactics and conversations with friends about fly fishing through the woods and water. Explore more. Fish hard. And discover fly fishing at Troutbitten.com — an extensive resource with 1500+ articles about trout, friends, family and the river.

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    Domenick Swentosky
  • 配信期間
    21年 - 26年
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