The Troutbitten Podcast is now available on YouTube as a video podcast, along with the audio podcast platforms.
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This podcast is all about the the end of the fight. Everything we’ve walked through in the previous episodes gets you to the point where the fish is within range and just about ready for the scoop. A lot can go wrong at the end of a fight, so there’s a lot that needs to be done right. We cover body, fish, net and rod positioning, all in relation to the river currents. We talk about when we get the net ready and what to do with it. We cover trapping the line with your trigger finger and what to do with the reel’s drag. We also talk about when to scoop, what to scoop and where to scoop — as in, the landing zone. And we go over net preferences too.
Perhaps most importantly, we talk about the concept of spreading your wings at the end — where the rod hand goes back and the net had reaches out, so the fish’s head comes to the top of the water, and the trout glides into your waiting net.
Perfect, right? Yeah, we also talk about less than idea situations and address some mishaps — how to deal with things when it all starts to fall apart.
My friends Matt Grobe and Bill Dell join me for a thorough breakdown of the last ten feet.
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 | Fighting Fish — The Last Ten Feet
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
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Season 20 concludes next week. So look for that in your Troutbitten podcast feed.
Fish hard, friends.
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Domenick Swentosky
T R O U T B I T T E N
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Last Ten Feet….Well done Lads. Gave me an opportunity to dissect what I have been doing out of habit and more often reflex. Particularly like Dells’ power move concept. Keep up the great work.
Thanks!