Troutbitten

By Domenick Swentosky

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 abou

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Number 1: Fighting Big Fish #2 - Where to Fight Them
Fighting trout in a river, creek or stream is all about the currents. So for this episode of our seven part skills series on fighting big fish, we talk about fighting fish upstream, downstream or across. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each angle? And what about current depth? Should we aim to fight the fish in the lower, middle or top part of the water column? And finally, we talk about the fighting zones in a river, meaning, what types of water are a safe choice for fighting the biggest trout of your life? We also go through a little more on the hooksets from last week, and we briefly discuss how much of this applies to the stillwater game and to other species. Here's the Episode List for Season 20 1. The Hookset 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) My good friends, Matt Grobe and Bill Dell join me for this season. Resources CATEGORY: Troutbitten | Catch and Release Safely CATEGORY | Troutbitten | Fighting Fish 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 Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership at https://maps.troutroutes.com Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order at https://skwalafishing.com/
August 02, 202650min
Number 2: 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
August 23, 202658min
Number 3: Fighting Big Fish #4 -- Planning, Positioning and The Fighting Stance
Landing a good trout is more about planning, quick thinking and good technique than luck. And in this episode, we talk about being ready for a big fish. With a little forethought and preparation, with even slight adjustments to body positioning, we put ourselves in the best position to show a picture of a lifetime rather than tell the story of another trout that got away. A few months ago I published a video to the Troutbitten YouTube channel with the title: The Casting, Drifting and Fighting Position — It’s all the Same. What we talk about in this episode, very much mirrors that last part of that video. We Cover These Key Concepts -- The Fighting stance (a Galloup idea) — It’s an athletic position, centered, balanced and strong — Uses large muscle groups. compact and not extended — Ready to move and adjust — We’re also ready for the hook set from here — The “Orvis” pose -- Arm slot -- Position in the river — Where we put our body determines the kind of pressure we can put on the trout — Our job is to guide the trout into the places we want it to be. — Don’t be along for the ride. Be in control Here's the Episode List for Season 20 1. The Hookset 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) My good friends, Matt Grobe and Bill Dell join me for this season. Resources CATEGORY: Troutbitten | Catch and Release Safely CATEGORY | Troutbitten | Fighting Fish 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 Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership at https://maps.troutroutes.com Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order at https://skwalafishing.com/
August 16, 202639min
Number 4: Fighting Big Fish #3 -- Fighting Them Fast, The Tug-of-War and Knowing the Strength of Your Tools
This third part of our Troutbitten Skills Series is all about the guiding principle of fighting fish fast. We talk about how this mindset guides our decisions and our movements for all the other skills. Because we want to fight trout fast we use side pressure and we position ourselves for maximum leverage. We thing about current direction and fighting zones, all in an effort to fight a trout fast. Because the longer a trout is on the line, the more chance it has to get off. We also cover these key concepts: -- The tug-of-war. Either they pull or you pull. -- How the stalemate becomes a mistake. -- Knowing the strength of your tools. -- Understand the power in the rod and the line. -- How fast is too fast, and when to ease up on the pressure. -- Utilizing drag settings Here's the Episode List for Season 20 1. The Hookset 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) My good friends, Matt Grobe and Bill Dell join me for this season. Resources CATEGORY: Troutbitten | Catch and Release Safely CATEGORY | Troutbitten | Fighting Fish 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 Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership at https://maps.troutroutes.com Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order at https://skwalafishing.com/
August 09, 202651min
Number 5: Fighting Big Fish #1 - The Hooks Set and What Comes First
For Season 20 of the Troutbitten Podcast, we have seven episodes lined up for a Skills Series that's all about how to land the biggest fish of your life. Because, when you do hook the big one — that one you’ve been waiting for — a Whiskey, a Namer or the best fish of your life, you want the skills for fighting big fish with confidence. You want these habits to be engrained into your muscle memory, because you don't have time to think about this stuff when the biggest fish of your life shows up. Here's the Episode List for S20 1. The Hookset 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) My good friends, Matt Grobe and Bill Dell join me for this season. Resources Category: Troutbitten | Catch and Release Safely PODCAST: Troutbitten | How to Handle a Trout PODCAST: Troutbitten Set the Hook! All About Different Hooksets ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Are We Taking the Safety of Trout Too Far? VIDEO: Troutbitten | HOW You Set the Hook Matters Most! - Hook Sets for Dry Flies, Nymphs, Streamers and Wets ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Don't Guess - Set the Hook and Set Hard ARTICLE: Troutbitten | Hookset Direction - Downstream Visit Troutbitten Website Troutbitten Instagram Troutbitten YouTube Troutbitten Facebook Thanks to TroutRoutes: Use the code TROUTBITTEN for 20% off your membership at https://maps.troutroutes.com Thanks to Skwala Use the code, TROUTBITTEN10 for 10% off your order at https://skwalafishing.com/
July 26, 202658min