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Fighting Big Fish #7 -- Everything All At Once

September 06, 2026 • Domenick Swentosky • Season 20 • Episode 7

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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

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