Podcast Episodes

The Blue Liner's Bible --The Good and Bad of Small Stream Fishing

Season 16 Episode 1

With cold flows and eager trout, mountain water and small stream fishing can provide the perfect setup, the perfect escape, if you’re willing to put …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Airing of Grievances -- Four

Season 15 Episode 10

Welcome to the fourth annual Airing of Grievances on the Troutbitten Podcast. Buckle up. Because it’s time to clear the air about a few things, to co…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Is Gen X the Greatest Fly Fishing Generation?

Season 15 Episode 9

We talk a lot about our frame of reference in fly fishing. Wherever you get into the game, a lot of your baseline is set by whatever is popular or wi…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Caught, Lost and Missed Trout -- Keeping Track

Season 15 Episode 8

So . . . how was it? How many did you catch? This is always the question for every fisherman, right? Whether I’m talking to my friends about a fishin…

11 months ago

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Gear Fixes

Season 15 Episode 7

When you fish long enough, things break. That’s the nature of life, really . . . things fall apart. But if you're resourceful, you put them back toge…

11 months, 1 week ago

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Our Most Important Breakthroughs

Season 15 Episode 6

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 …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Season Fifteen Intermission -- Catching Up With Leader Sales, Books, Beers, Videos and Plans

Season 15

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 upcom…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Why Are Some Trout So Selective?

Season 15 Episode 5

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 pa…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Riverside -- A Fisherman's Thoughts On Spot Burning

There are two ways to tell the experience of an angler: how he holds a fish and how he keeps his secrets. The latter is probably more important.

A sea…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Fishing Big Rivers-- Thoughts, Tips and Strategies

Season 15 Episode 4

Let’s talk about fishing big rivers. For the most part, all of us here at Troutbitten are river anglers, meaning not much stillwater. Furthermore we’…

1 year ago

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