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Life on the Water

Troutbitten Crew Circa 2021 - Photo by Bill Dell

The Troutbitten Podcast Crew (winter, 2021) Austin, Trevor, Josh, Dom and Bill. (Missing is Matt Grobe)

In the fall of 2021, I started the Troutbitten Podcast. And what I’d thought of for years as a back burner project quickly became my primary focus.

Immediately after launch, the Troutbitten Podcast hit the top of the Wilderness Podcast Charts and became the number one independent fishing podcast in the states. It has held there ever since.

The podcast succeeds because of my friends, my co-hosts — my best fishing buddies. They are Austin Dando, Trevor Smith, Josh Darling, Bill Dell and Matt Grobe.

By breaking away from the industry-standard podcast formula of guest interviews, the Troutbitten Podcast is something different. These guys, their ideas, their collective experience and comradery are all that any episode needs.

Troutbitten Podcast seasons follow two distinctly different formats, alternating every other season.

The odd-numbered seasons are longer, free-form discussions on any fly fishing topic, ranging from tactical to ethical. While the even numbered seasons feature a Skills Series that narrowly focuses on one set of fly fishing skills.

Yes, Troutbitten

A Priceless Resource

Best Fly Fishing Podcast

Great podcast for any style of fly fishing. Many great tips and tricks to make your time on the water more productive. Pretty funny crew to listen to as well

Changing How I Fish

I found this podcast through the troutbitten website where I poured over the articles daily. This podcast has changed the way I handle my gear, approach the water, think about trout and insects, and even how I land a fish. This is good stuff, whether you are new to fly fishing or been at it a few years like me. There is always more to learn and here is where to learn it. Thanks for creating this!

WOW!

RT190, 06/21/2022

Troutbitten is a great resource of information and reading, I just found and listened to a few podcast I’m so happy I found ya. Domenick has a phenomenal resource for people pursuing flyfishing beginner or the advanced he and his team continue to impress.

Having this podcast is like being in a conversation with friends I haven’t met. So thankful to Troutbitten. Keep up the great resource.

Troutbitten Austin and Beer - Photo by Bill Dell (1)

WHERE TO LISTEN

The Troutbitten Podcast is easily found in any podcast player. Just search with your app, and you’ll find it.

Also, find a full list of the podcast archives, download them or listen directly HERE.

Finally, every Troutbitten Podcast episode is listed here below.

Thanks for listening.

PODCAST: Our Most Important Breakthroughs (S15, Ep6)

This episode is all about breakthroughs. For each of us, as a personal account, what have been the biggest changes, or the biggest steps forward, in our fishing?

I call these breakthroughs because they’re the landmarks or discoveries or changes, along the way of learning, where we can look back and say, “Now that, really made a big difference.”

PODCAST: Season Fifteen Intermission — Catching Up With Leader Sales, Books, Beers, Videos and Plans

For our Season 15 Intermission, my wife, Becky, joins me for a lighthearted look at what’s going on in the Troutbitten world. We talk about the upcoming leader sale in the Troutbitten Shop (May 23rd). We talk about the New Trail Troutbitten beer, the upcoming book on Fly Fishing the Mono Rig and a bunch of videos on the Troutbitten YouTube channel.

Becky also covers a couple favorite fishing terms near the end. 🙂

PODCAST: Why Are Some Trout So Selective (S15, Ep5)

The trout is prized as a gamefish because it’s picky. It’s selective. Often, it requires a refined presentation to fool a wild trout. And in large part, that’s the draw toward fishing for them. Trout become picky for a variety of reasons, both natural and artificial (as a result of angler pressure). The Troutbitten crew tackles the topic, what makes trout so selective?

PODCAST: Fishing Big Rivers — Thoughts, Tips and Strategies (S15, Ep4)

A big river is one that you can’t wade all of. And fishing a big river requires discipline. Don’t fish what you can’t fish well. It’s about planning and following through.

PODCAST: Learn to Read the River Like a Trout (S15, Ep3)

As an angler, reading the water comes down to understanding what a trout needs. We read water for depth, speed and structure, in reference to what a trout prefers. And when we talk about reading water, we’re thinking about it all from an angler’s perspective. If you’re kayaking down a river for recreation, then how you read water will be pretty different.

Everyone can pick out hydraulics and learn to read current seams. Those are the elementary building blocks of reading trout water. Then we take that knowledge and combine it with what a trout needs. And we eventually have a truly specific, knowledgeable approach to reading a river. Day to day, across the world, wherever trout live in rivers, creeks and streams, their needs are the same.

PODCAST: Know the River or Know Your Tactics? What Puts More Trout In the Net? (S15, Ep2)

Is it better to focus on the tactics and techniques, or is it better to learn the river itself?

PODCAST: Strategies For Stocked Trout (S15, Ep1)

Troutbitten has always been primarily focused on fishing for wild trout. But let’s talk about water selection, patterns, strategies, and the things that make fishing for stocked trout different. Here’s what changes from targeting wild trout.

PODCAST: Streamer Presentations #10 — Strategies, Tips and Scenarios (S14, Ep10)

This season has been all about options for moving the streamer. Our focus has been on the animations available to attract and then sell the trout on the streamer presentation. In this season finale, we talk about river scenarios and share some tips and strategies that help tie all of the previous episodes together.

PODCAST: Streamer Presentations #9 — The Tight Line Dance (S14, Ep9)

We use a visible streamer for the tight line dance. We watch the streamer dip and swoon around rocks, tree parts and the river bank. Wherever there’s good structure, that’s the next target. The concept of the tight line dance allows us to hold the streamer around structure for longer, animating the streamer in every way imaginable to convince the trout.

PODCAST: Streamer Presentations #8 — The Crossover Technique (S14, Ep8)

The Crossover is a group of animations brought into a system, a mindset, or a framework for fishing your streamer.

The Crossover technique is all about getting the streamer low — in the strike zone — and then animating it within a narrow range, being careful not to move the fly out of the strike zone or move it too far.

PODCAST: Streamer Presentations #7 — Speed Leads and Lane Changes (S14, Ep7)

Speed leads happen mostly in one lane, and they go faster than their parent current. Lane changes are exactly what they sound like — the fly is traveling in one lane, and then we deliberately bring the fly over to a nearby lane and travel down that one.

The speed lead is a term coined by our friend, Josh Stewart. Way back in 2017, I published a few articles about low-riding streamer presentations, with streamers tied on lead ball jigs. I’d gotten the idea from Rich Strolis, and it was a bit of an underground thing at the time. I remember that Stewey got in touch after reading my article, and we started sharing ideas and presentation styles with some of these flies. When I described leading low but faster than the current, Josh said he called it a speed lead, and it was one of his best tactics for stirring up big trout . . .

PODCAST: Streamer Presentations #6 — Jigging Styles – Slack, Contact and Pendulum (S14, Ep6)

We’re here to talk about one of the most basic movements performed on any fly, lure or bait — jigging.

Moving the fly up and then letting it drop is a simple motion with complex options. And in this podcast, we break down the differences between slack jigging, contact jigging and pendulum jigging.