Troutbitten
By Domenick Swentosky
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Sep 27, 2021
Solid podcast about fly fishing for trout. Discussions on it's nuances, gear, and techniques
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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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The Big Lie of Dry Dropper
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May 04, 2026 |
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Burnout
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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What About Luck?
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Dry Fly Platforms - The Outliers and The Wrap Up - The Troutbitten Fly Box
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Dry Fly Platforms - Hoppers, Stones and Foams - The Troutbitten Fly Box
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Riverside: Find Fish, Feed Fish, Fight Fish - The Order of Everything
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Dry Fly Platforms - Emergers - The Troutbitten Fly Box
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Dry Fly Platforms - Down Wings - The Troutbitten Fly Box
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Dry Fly Platforms - Comparaduns - The Troutbitten Fly Box
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Dry Fly Platforms - Parachutes - The Troutbitten Fly Box
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Dry Fly Platforms - Upright Hackles - The Troutbitten Fly Box
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Approaching the River
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Fly Tying -- Essential Tools and More
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Fly Fishing Myths
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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In Deep with Devin Olsen - Tight Line Tactics and Competition Influence
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Troutbitten State of the Union, Fall 2025 - Catching Up With the Shop, Book, Videos, Events and More
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Have Mono Rig and Euro Nymphing Styles Gone Too Far?
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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The Spawning Process of Trout
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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What Flies Catch Big Trout?
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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In Deep - Fishing Simply, With Craig Matthews
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Back to Spot Burning - Evolution?
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Big Flies for Big Trout - Cicada Wrap Up
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Riverside -- Fighting Big Fish -- Keep 'Em Down
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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In Deep -- Dry Fly Leader Design with John Shaner
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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The Blue Liner's Bible - Questions and Stories
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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The Blue Liner's Bible -- Bigger Trout, and Streamers on Small Streams
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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The Blue Liner's Bible -- Nymphs On Small Streams
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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The Blue Liner's Bible -- Dry Flies On Small Streams
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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The Blue Liner's Bible -- Finding the Right Water
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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The Blue Liner's Bible --The Good and Bad of Small Stream Fishing
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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The Airing of Grievances -- Four
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Is Gen X the Greatest Fly Fishing Generation?
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Caught, Lost and Missed Trout -- Keeping Track
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Gear Fixes
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Our Most Important Breakthroughs
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May 25, 2025 |
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Season Fifteen Intermission -- Catching Up With Leader Sales, Books, Beers, Videos and Plans
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May 21, 2025 |
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Why Are Some Trout So Selective?
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May 18, 2025 |
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Riverside -- A Fisherman's Thoughts On Spot Burning
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May 16, 2025 |
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Fishing Big Rivers-- Thoughts, Tips and Strategies
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May 11, 2025 |
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Learn to Read the River Like a Trout
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May 04, 2025 |
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Know the River or Know Your Tactics? What Puts More Trout In the Net?
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Riverside -- Twelve Small Stream Fly Casting Tips
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Strategies For Stocked Trout
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Riverside: The Best Fly Rods for the Mono Rig, Tight Line and Euro Nymphing
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #10 -- Strategies, Tips and Scenarios
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #9 -- The Tight Line Dance
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #8 -- The Crossover Technique
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #7 -- Speed Leads and Lane Changes
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #6 -- Jigging Styles (Slack, Contact and Pendulum Jigging)
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #5 - Give Swings a Chance
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #4 - Glides and Slides
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #3 - The Head Flip
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #2 - The Jerk Strip
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Streamer Presentations #1 -- What We Control
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Pre-Trip Efficiencies
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Ten Years of Troutbitten
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Brown Trout, Rainbows, Brook Trout, Cutthroat -- What's the Difference?
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Season 13 Intermission -- Leader Shop, Videos, Podcast Plans, Books and More
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Why Do Some Rivers Hold Big Trout?
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Why We Fish
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Barbed Hooks or Barbless? Does It Really Matter?
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Finding Your Confidence Flies
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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The Ethical Angler -- What Does That Mean?
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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The One or Two Fly Debate, Across Fishing Styles
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Why Do We Catch Trout In Patches?
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Fishing Dry Flies -- Dry Fly Skills Series #7
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Rise Forms and Hook Sets -- Dry Fly Skills Series #6
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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All About the Flies -- Dry Fly Skills Series #5
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Casting and Mending -- Dry Fly Skills Series #4
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Catching Up, With Leader Sales, Videos and Troutbitten Plans
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Dry Fly Leader Design and Adjustment -- Dry Fly Skills Series #3
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Dry Fly Skills #2 --Drag Free Drifts and Animation
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Dry Fly Skills #1 -- When and Why
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Prospecting for Trout
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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The Airing of Grievances -- Three
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Set the Hook! All About Different Hooksets
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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The Further You Walk, the More You Leave Behind (a Story)
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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The Troubles With Club Fishing
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May 26, 2024 |
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How Woodsmanship Catches Fish
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May 18, 2024 |
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Boat Fishing -- How Everything Changes When Floating a River
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May 12, 2024 |
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What's the Deal With Emergers?
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May 05, 2024 |
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The Ethics of Guiding -- More Harm Than Good?
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Fishing Through a Caddis Hatch
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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The Stages of an Angler
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Feed Drop -- Troutbitten On The Untangled Podcast
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Catching Up -- Patagonia, Leader Sales, Live Streams, Beer, Hosted Trips and More
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Critical Nymphing Concepts #7 -- Animating the Nymph
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Critical Nymphing Concepts #6 -- Line on the Water
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Critical Nymphing Concepts #5 -- Weight: The Fundamental Factor
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Three Ways to Dead Drift -- Critical Nymphing Concepts #4
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Suspender Advantages -- Critical Nymphing Concepts #3
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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More Influence or Less? -- Critical Nymphing Concepts #2
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Critical Nymphing Concepts #1 -- The Three Questions
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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A Troutbitten Glossary
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Bad Habits That Hurt
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Fishing With a Camera
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Our Favorite Rivers
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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What Works When and Why? -- Mono Rigs and Euro Nymphing Styles
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Coffee and Secrets (a story), and Catching Up
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Tight Line, High Stick, Euro Nymph, Mono Rig -- What's the Difference and How Did We Get Here?
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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The Stuff You Don't Need
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Turning Around the Toughest Days — How to Save a Slow Fishing Trip
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Trout Fishing and the Spawn
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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How Has Fly Fishing Changed?
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Night Fishing for Trout -- Nymphs, Wets and Pushers
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Night Fishing for Trout -- Topwater, Emergers and Streamers
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Night Fishing for Trout -- Planning and Adapting Locations and Tactics
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Night Fishing for Trout -- Swinging and Drifting
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Night Fishing for Trout: Lights -- Natural and Artificial
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Night Fishing for Trout: People, Places and Things
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Summer Catch Up '23 -- The Fishing, The Shop, Videos and More
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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The One With Sloop - Stories With a Troutbitten Friend
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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The Airing of Grievances 2
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Why We All Love Big Trout
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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That's Not Fly Fishing -- What It Is, What It Isn't, Who Cares
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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This Is The End -- A Story
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Vest, Pack or Something Else? Carrying Your Gear
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May 28, 2023 |
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Talking About Tippet -- Size, Strength, Length and Rigging
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May 21, 2023 |
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What to Love About Small Stream Fishing
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May 14, 2023 |
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Good Wading, Better Fishing -- How Wading Skills Change Everything
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May 07, 2023 |
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High Water, Dirty Water, Muddy Water
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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What Is More Difficult? Fishing Dry Flies or Nymphs?
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Angler Pressure TWO -- What It Does to the Fishing
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Angler Pressure ONE -- What It Does to the Fish
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Fish It Anyway -- A Story
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Catching Up -- Spring 2023
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Winter Fly Fishing Skill #8 -- Full Crew Conversation with Stories and Tactics
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Winter Fly Fishing Skills #7 -- Problems and Solutions
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Winter Fly Fishing Skills #6 -- Dry Fly Fishing in the Winter
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Winter Fly Fishing Skills #5 -- Streamer Fishing in the Winter
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Winter Fly Fishing Skills #4 -- Nymphing in the Winter
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Winter Fly Fishing Skills #3 -- Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Winter Fly Fishing Skills #2 -- Your Hands
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Winter Fly Fishing Skills #1 -- The System and The Plan
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Fishing Buddies
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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What to Trust
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Strategies for Fly Fishing In the Wind
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Listener Q&A -- Mono Rigs, Tough Days, Trout Range and More
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Streamer Presentations -- All About the Head of the Fly
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Freewheelin' Two -- Stories and Experiences
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Strategies for Fishing Low and Clear Water
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Catch and Release: Always or Sometimes? And How C&R Changes Things On The Water
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Weight In Fly Fishing: Beads, Shot, Sinking Lines and More
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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The Spooky Trout -- What Scares Fish and How to Avoid Spooking Them
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Fly Tying and the Complete Angler
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Fly Fishing Through the Fall Season
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Roundtable Review and Wrap Up -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #5
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Tight Line Dry Dropper -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #4
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Standard Dry Dropper -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #3
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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Light Dry Dropper -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #2
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Three Styles of Dry Dropper -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #1
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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The Troutbitten Project -- Past, Present and Future
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Feed Drop -- Troutbitten on the Wade Out There Podcast
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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The Versatile Angler
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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An Introduction to Night Fishing for Trout
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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The Airing of Grievances
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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What's the Deal With Junk Flies?
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Why Do We Miss Fish, and Why Do We Lose Fish on a Fly?
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Learning a River and Discovering Its Secrets
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May 29, 2022 |
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A Fly Fishing Life, and Doing the Hard Things
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May 21, 2022 |
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Rude on the River, Front Ended and the Golden Rule
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May 15, 2022 |
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Find Your Water -- Find Space
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May 08, 2022 |
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Why It Always Comes Down to Fly Casting -- And What Matters Most
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May 01, 2022 |
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Find Feeding Fish - Exploring Water Types and More
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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How to Fight Bigger Trout
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Hatches and Strategies
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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The Inefficiencies That Waste Your Fishing Time
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Secrets and Spot Burning
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Feed Drop -- Troutbitten on the Wet Fly Swing Podcast
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Bonus Round Q&A with Full Panel -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #10
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Putting It All Together -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #9
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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The Strike -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #8
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Guiding the Flies -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #7
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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Locating the Strike Zone -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #6
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Finding Contact -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #5
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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Recovering Slack -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #4
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Stick the Landing -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #3
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Turnover and Tuck Casting -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #2
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Angle and Approach -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #1
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Memories and Fishing Plans
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Winter Fly Fishing Tips and Tactics
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Big Trout From Pennsylvania to Montana -- With Guest, Matt Grobe
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Nymphing Tight Line to the Indicator Style -- Contact Nymphing Principles With An Indy
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Dealing With Weather and Fighting the Elements
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Reading of "The Kid" -- With Special Guests Joey and Aiden
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Breaking Down Streamer Presentations
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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How Many Trout Do You Catch? Expectations, the Liars and Reality
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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The Freewheelin' Troutbitten -- Junk Flies, Spot Burns, Ethics and More
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Reading Water, and Cherry Picking vs Full Coverage
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Fly Fishing the Mono Rig -- Versatility and the Tight Line Advantage Taken Further
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Wild Trout vs Stocked -- The Hierarchy of River Trout
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Night Fishing for Trout, and the Mouse Emerger Concept
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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How to Handle a Trout | Safe Catch and Release -- From Hooking a Trout to Letting It Go
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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This Is Troutbitten | Fly Fishing for Wild Trout -- Family, Friends and the River
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Sep 15, 2021 |