Troutbitten
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.
Episodes
215 episodes
Memories and Fishing Plans
Episode 15 is for story telling. And I'm joined by my friends, Bill, Josh, Austin and Trevor to share memories and make a few plans.This is the final episode for season one of the Troutbitten Podcast. And at the tail end of this busy yea...
Winter Fly Fishing Tips and Tactics
Episode 14 is a deep dive into winter fishing tactics. And I'm joined by my friends, Bill, Josh, Austin and Trevor.Because the trout have different habits in the winter, we refine our approach to meet them on their own terms. Is that . ....
Big Trout From Pennsylvania to Montana -- With Guest, Matt Grobe
In this episode, I get together with my long time friend, Matt Grobe, for a candid, entertaining, fun and technical discussion about wild trout, big trout, and the differences between the fishing cultures and opportunities available in two of t...
Nymphing Tight Line to the Indicator Style -- Contact Nymphing Principles With An Indy
In Episode 12, my friends and I talk about nymphing tactics — specifically, how we take tight line principles and the tight line advantage over to an indicator nymphing system.We know that with refined skills and tactics, we can often m...
Dealing With Weather and Fighting the Elements
Pushing through the tough times — dealing with bad weather and difficult conditions — puts you one step ahead of most anglers. The rivers and the parking lots are empty when the wind is howling, the snow is blowing or it’s pouring rain. Sure, w...
Reading of "The Kid" -- With Special Guests Joey and Aiden
In this tenth podcast, I read a story that I first published with Hatch Magazine in 2016. It’s titled, The Kid, and it’s one of my favorites.My sons Joey (13) and Aiden (11) jo...
Breaking Down Streamer Presentations
While fishing a streamer, we’re trying to make it look alive. That's the difference. Because, while fly fishing other styles, we spend so much of our time dead drifting dry flies and nymphs and trying to impart no motion, that s...
How Many Trout Do You Catch? Expectations, the Liars and Reality
We’re out there to catch trout. That’s what brings us to the water. But how many do we catch? And really, how many should we catch? What are the expectations? And how can we know that we’re fishing well?In some way, maybe none of this m...
The Freewheelin' Troutbitten -- Junk Flies, Spot Burns, Ethics and More
This is our seventh podcast episode in the first season. And we’ve done this enough now to get into a rhythm. If you’ve listened to previous episodes, you know that we’ve kept the topics tightly focused on just one aspect of fly fishing for tro...
Reading Water, and Cherry Picking vs Full Coverage
In this episode, my friends join me to share some of their best tips for reading water — seeing a trout stream, recognizing the currents in a river that hold trout and having the confidence to target them.Then we get into the philosophy ...
Fly Fishing the Mono Rig -- Versatility and the Tight Line Advantage Taken Further
After hundreds of Troutbitten articles featuring the versatility of the Mono Rig, now there's a podcast. My friends Josh, Austin, Trevor and Bill join me to discuss how each of us fishes this hybrid rig as a complete fly fishing system, detaili...
Wild Trout vs Stocked -- The Hierarchy of River Trout
Keep wild trout wild. Not all trout are created equal, and there are many differences in the trout we catch -- in their appearances and their behaviors. Wild trout, stocked trout, holdover trout, fingerlings and club fish are very much a differ...
Night Fishing for Trout, and the Mouse Emerger Concept
Night fishing is a mystery with no resolution. Every other aspect of fly fishing for trout has been written about, understood and expanded upon. Lifetimes of information are available at your fingertips — the lives of so many fishermen who’ve c...
How to Handle a Trout | Safe Catch and Release -- From Hooking a Trout to Letting It Go
Fish cold water, fight 'em fast, handle gently, release quickly. In this second edition of the Troutbitten podcast, my friends Bill, Austin, Trevor and Josh join me to discuss safe catch and release practices, from hooking a trout to letting it...
This Is Troutbitten | Fly Fishing for Wild Trout -- Family, Friends and the River
In this inaugural Troutbitten podcast, my friends Bill, Austin, Trevor and Josh join me to discuss how fly fishing for wild trout creates a life on the water. We consider what it means to fish hard, how hope is the strongest trait ...