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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. 2 ДН. ТОМУ

    What About Luck?

    For Season 19 of the Troutbitten Podcast, we're adding the video component, with the same conversation on both the audio and video side. So you'll still find the audio version of the podcast on Apple, Spotify and every other platform, and now you'll find a video of the podcast conversation on the Troutbitten YouTube channel. The new video format is full of creative possibilities, and we're excited about the future of the podcast. Incidentally, podcasts will now publish on Mondays at 3:30 p.m. EST, instead of Sundays. (YouTube hates Sunday evenings.) Our conversation for episode one is all about luck. And we want to talk about how luck plays into things out there. Do we rely on it? Do we surrender to it? Do we look for it? From the beginning, luck and fishing were intertwined. It became part of our anglers’ lore. And while good luck has surely saved countless fishing trips, bad luck continues to doom the best laid plans of a fisherman. Great trout fishing is rarely the result of good luck. And if the experience was up to the fish and to fate, I’d hardly pick up a fishing rod. Success on the water is not a slot machine. It’s more like a game of poker, where you play the hand you’re given and try to fool your adversary. Sometimes the cards you’re holding almost guarantee success. Then the next day Mother Nature might deal you a hand, where pulling a couple of fish is a grand achievement. My good friends Trevor Smith, Josh Darling, Austin Dando and Matt Grobe join me to begin Season 19. Resources READ: Troutbitten | It's Not Luck READ: Troutbitten | Waiting On Luck READ: Troutbitten | Fish It Anyway Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership athttps://maps.troutroutes.com  Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order athttps://skwalafishing.com/

    1 год 6 хв

  2. 15 БЕР.

    Dry Fly Platforms - The Outliers and The Wrap Up - The Troutbitten Fly Box

    This Troutbitten Skills Series and these platforms are an effort to pass along the idea that fly selection doesn’t have to be regimented or complicated. Instead, see flies for what they have in common. Find their similarities rather than their differences. Choose the elements that matter most to you. Find the components of a fly that create enough of a distinction to be the keys to a platform, and build around that idea. I do think some things are undeniable, and almost every angler is going to classify a parachute the same way. That might be true for upright hackles and down wings too. But I’m sure you’ve noticed that the further we got into this season, the less specific each platform became. And again, that’s just because there are only so many things you can put on a dry fly and still have it be successful. Most of the more recent flies designed take their cues from what came before them. Honestly, I assume that will hold true going into the future too. My friends Bill Dell, Austin Dando and Matt Grobe join me for the conclusion of Season 18. Resources PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fly Tying - Essential Tools and More (S17 Ep9) READ: Troutbitten | Pattern vs Presentation PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fishing Dry Flies - Dry Fly Skills Series  (S12) Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership athttps://maps.troutroutes.com  Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order athttps://skwalafishing.com/

    1 год 10 хв

  3. 8 БЕР.

    Dry Fly Platforms - Hoppers, Stones and Foams - The Troutbitten Fly Box

    It's time for the big-meal dry fly platform: hoppers and stoneflies. When we open our fly boxes, we’re looking for a solution. If trout are sipping tiny olives in a soft tailout, we probably reach for the low-riding, vulnerable look of a Comparadun or a Parachute. And if we see trout slashing at hovering, skittering Grannoms in a riffle, we probably choose an Elk Hair Caddis or similar. But what do we pick when the trout food is bigger — when trout are eating hoppers, stoneflies, cicadas or other big bugs on the surface that are twenty times the size of a Blue Winged Olive? Those trout aren’t looking for snacks. They’re hunting for dinner — for the main course. And we need a platform or a style to match the moment. The hoppers and stoneflies platform is a major departure from the delicate mayfly imitations we’ve covered in this series. This platform isn't about perfectly matching the wing of a Hendrickson or the subtle flutter of an October Caddis. It’s about presenting a substantial, high-calorie meal that gets attention. Whether it’s a Golden stonefly clipping across the hoppy water of a bouldered run, or an unlucky grasshopper blown onto the surface from a grassy bank, these are not subtle bugs. They make a splash. They struggle. And in the best moments, they draw explosive strikes. With this platform, we substitute subtlety for buoyancy. Hackle is traded in for rubber legs, and dubbing is often replaced by closed-cell foam. In this episode, we break down this big-meal platform. We’ll look at a parts list, cover some pros and cons about material choices, and look at the particulars of the platform itself. My friend, Matt Grobe, joins me for a detailed look at another of our favorite dry fly platforms. Resources PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fly Tying - Essential Tools and More (S17 Ep9) READ: Troutbitten | Pattern vs Presentation PODCAST: Troutbitten | What's the Deal With Emergers? S11, Ep4 PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fishing Dry Flies - Dry Fly Skills Series  (S12) Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership athttps://maps.troutroutes.com  Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order athttps://skwalafishing.com/

    1 год 28 хв

  4. 6 БЕР.

    Riverside: Find Fish, Feed Fish, Fight Fish - The Order of Everything

    In this Riverside episode, I share an article that I published a few years ago, title, The Order of Everything. I also share some Troutbitten updates about my upcoming book, about the Troutbitten Shop, about the live podcast on March 28th at New Trail Brewing Company and the Troutbitten film festival happening later this year, in October. There's an order to everything to keep this Troutbitten project moving forward, and the work of these first weeks of 2026 had me thinking about one of my favorite concepts for a day on the water . . . A lot goes into a good fishing trip. It’s a flexible framework of pieces and parts mixed in with a little fortuitous intuition. That first trout to the net is rarely luck. And when you start to lose count of how many fish have come to hand, you can be sure that luck has had very little to do with it.  The overarching principles of how to catch a trout — the headers of the outline — are these: Find TroutDon’t spook themHave a Solid PresentationChoose a Reasonable PatternFight Fish FastFor me, when the day is tough, if it’s lunchtime and I haven’t yet touched a fish, if I’m losing faith in my strategy and I’m wishing more than fishing, I often gather my wits around this checklist of five. Here's the full article: READ: Troutbitten | The Order of Everything The LIVE Podcast Also, Tickets are on sale for the Live Podcast on March 28th at New Trail Brewing in Williamsport, PA. BUY TICKETS HERE Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership athttps://maps.troutroutes.com  Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order athttps://skwalafishing.com/

    20 хв

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    Dry Fly Platforms - Emergers - The Troutbitten Fly Box

    A dry fly emerger is one that has part of the fly underneath the surface. It’s a highly effective form (meaning tout eat it) because it matches the most vulnerable state of things that trout see. In this episode we cover the dry fly platform of emergers. We look at what they are, how and why to use them and the differences in styles within this platform. We cover some history about how emerger design got to this point and what the future might hold. Once the emerger platform really caught on in the fly fishing world, I’d say it has almost replaced many of the traditional, more high riding patterns as the average flies in the average angler’s box. Maybe that’s just my perception, but there’s no doubt, emergers are more popular than ever, and new ideas and turns of thread keep pushing the concept further. My good friend, Austin Dando, joins me for a thorough look at another of our favorite dry fly platforms. Resources PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fly Tying - Essential Tools and More (S17 Ep9) READ: Troutbitten | Pattern vs Presentation PODCAST: Troutbitten | What's the Deal With Emergers? S11, Ep4 PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fishing Dry Flies - Dry Fly Skills Series  (S12) Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership athttps://maps.troutroutes.com  Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order athttps://skwalafishing.com/

    1 год 12 хв

  6. 22 ЛЮТ.

    Dry Fly Platforms - Down Wings - The Troutbitten Fly Box

    The down wing dry fly style is a perfect match for one of the most ubiquitous insects found in trout rivers across the planet: caddis. The down wing platform is also a first choice for matching many terrestrials, like moths and hoppers, and it finds it's way to stonefly patterns as well. But for this discussion, we cover the down wing and its progression into fly boxes, by looking at three standouts: the Elk Hair Caddis, the X-Caddis and the CDC & Elk. Because the arrival of each of these patterns brought forth major innovations to the world of dry flies. All three of these are down wings, but they are very different players on the water. The down wing, like all of these dry fly platforms, is a structural philosophy. There are reasons for having a wing that lays flat rather than stands up. The down wing is a canvas to be creative with. It starts with a wing that angles back.  Then, materials used for the undercarriage dictate how the fly behaves on the surface, along with where, when and how we expect trout to respond. My good friend, Bill Dell, joins me for a thorough look at another of our favorite fly platforms. Resources PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fly Tying - Essential Tools and More (S17 Ep9) READ: Troutbitten | Pattern vs Presentation PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fishing Dry Flies - Dry Fly Skills Series  (S12) Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership athttps://maps.troutroutes.com  Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order athttps://skwalafishing.com/

    1 год 9 хв

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    Dry Fly Platforms - Comparaduns - The Troutbitten Fly Box

    With its simple form of wing, body and tail, the Comparadun is another template for the dry fly angle -- another perfectly adaptable platform. When the Comparadun hit the scene in the 1970’s, it was a significant departure from the norm. Anglers recognized this, but more importantly, the trout recognized this. The Comparadun became a hatch matcher. It became the closer, because the Comparadun specialized in fooling selective trout, with perhaps the most realistic profile of a mayfly out there. The unique design of the Comparadun caught on quickly, because, once again, it solved problems on the water. And it's been fooling wise River trout ever since. In this episode, we go into detail about the Comparadun — a little history, a parts list, some tying tips, fishing situations and best times to choose a Comparadun. My good friend, Bill Dell, joins me for a thorough look into one of our favorite flies. Resources PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fly Tying - Essential Tools and More (S17 Ep9) READ: Troutbitten | Pattern vs Presentation PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fishing Dry Flies - Dry Fly Skills Series  (S12) Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership athttps://maps.troutroutes.com  Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order athttps://skwalafishing.com/

    1 год 6 хв

  8. 8 ЛЮТ.

    Dry Fly Platforms - Parachutes - The Troutbitten Fly Box

    The parachute platform is our favorite style of dry fly and the favorite of many other anglers, because of its utility. Because it form is functional. Because it casts well, lands upright and keeps floating, even though heavy water. It fools picky trout and looks enough like an emerger and a spinner that you might get away with one fly, all the way through cycle. It's a great dry-dropper fly, it's easily adaptable. And perhaps its best quality . . . you can see the parachute post. For all of those reasons, the Parachute dry fly platform is close to perfection. My good friend, Austin Dando, joins me for a thorough look into the Parachute. Resources PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fly Tying - Essential Tools and More (S17 Ep9) READ: Troutbitten | Pattern vs Presentation PODCAST: Troutbitten | Fishing Dry Flies - Dry Fly Skills Series  (S12) Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership athttps://maps.troutroutes.com  Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order athttps://skwalafishing.com/

    54 хв
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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
  • Роки діяльності
    2021 - 2026
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