
A Better Streamer Box
After many years of carrying a select group of my favorite streamers in a fairly small box, I now find myself in an experimental phase with the big bugs again. I'm generally in the camp that believes presentation is far more important than pattern, but trying new...
Winter Cookout
Last Sunday Sloop John B set up the annual Troutbitten winter cookout. I think most of us prefer to fish with a little space around us, so I've never been one to get excited about fishing with a load of people, but at this location, there are so many different...

The Hero
Lately I’ve been getting myself in the mode of walking more than fishing. I never really have any preconceived plan to walk in far. It just kind of happens. I think it is the allure of knowing that the further I walk in, the less chance I have of seeing other guys...

Night Shift – Tracks
** Note: This January 2015 post is rewritten and revisited here. So many of our favorite waters are accompanied by railroad tracks, and walking the familiar but odd stride required by the spacing of the wooden ties has become instinctive to me. The tracks are a...

Frozen
This post is from contributing author, Pat Burke I debated whether to go fishing today. When I woke up it looked NASTY outside. I decided to spend the morning with my boys and then reconsider fishing in the afternoon. Depending on which weather forecast I was...


Domenick Swentosky
Central Pennsylvania
Hi. I’m a father of two young boys, a husband, author, fly fishing guide and a musician. I fish for wild brown trout in the cool limestone waters of Central Pennsylvania year round. This is my home, and I love it. Friends. Family. And the river.