Have Mono Rig and Euro Nymphing Styles Gone Too Far?
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of us at Troutbitten, along with so many anglers across the country, use a Mono Rig for most und...
The Spawning Process of Trout
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The spawning process is arguably the most important event of a trout's life. The best trout in ...
What Flies Catch Big Trout?
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, the goal is to catch the biggest trout in the river. In those times, what's the best...
In Deep - Fishing Simply, With Craig Matthews
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Matthews is one of the most prominent figures in fly fishing, with a career spanning half a ce...
Back to Spot Burning - Evolution?
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With this conversation, we're going back to spot burning. In Troutbitten Podcast Season 3, Epis...
Big Flies for Big Trout - Cicada Wrap Up
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We begin Season 17 with a conversation about fishing the 17 year periodical cicada this past summer....
Riverside -- Fighting Big Fish -- Keep 'Em Down
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A top-tier river trout is a beast. The inherent nature of a river, with the endless obstacles, rocks...
In Deep -- Dry Fly Leader Design with John Shaner
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Deep is a video podcast series for conversations that dive into the details of focused topics -- ...
The Blue Liner's Bible - Questions and Stories
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are at the end of the Blue Liner's Bible series. And we saved this one for listener que...
The Blue Liner's Bible -- Bigger Trout, and Streamers on Small Streams
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This one's about using streamers to find the biggest trout in the smallest waters. In previous ...
The Blue Liner's Bible -- Nymphs On Small Streams
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this fourth episode of the Blue Liner's Bible, we talk about nymphing on small waters. We di...
The Blue Liner's Bible -- Dry Flies On Small Streams
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re here to break down small stream dry fly fishing. We’re tackling dry flies first in this se...
The Blue Liner's Bible -- Finding the Right Water
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with Season 16, with episode two of the Blue Liner’s Bible. This one is all about ...
The Blue Liner's Bible --The Good and Bad of Small Stream Fishing
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With cold flows and eager trout, mountain water and small stream fishing can provide the perfect set...
The Airing of Grievances -- Four
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the fourth annual Airing of Grievances on the Troutbitten Podcast. Buckle up. Because it’...
Is Gen X the Greatest Fly Fishing Generation?
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk a lot about our frame of reference in fly fishing. Wherever you get into the game, a lot of ...
Caught, Lost and Missed Trout -- Keeping Track
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So . . . how was it? How many did you catch? This is always the question for every fisherman, right?...
Gear Fixes
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you fish long enough, things break. That’s the nature of life, really . . . things fall apart...
Our Most Important Breakthroughs
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about breakthroughs. For each of us, as a personal account, what have been the b...
Season Fifteen Intermission -- Catching Up With Leader Sales, Books, Beers, Videos and Plans
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our Season 15 Intermission, my wife, Becky, joins me for a lighthearted look at what's goin...
Why Are Some Trout So Selective?
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The trout is prized as a gamefish because it’s picky. It’s selective. Often, it requires a refin...
Riverside -- A Fisherman's Thoughts On Spot Burning
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are two ways to tell the experience of an angler: how he holds a fish and how he keeps his sec...
Fishing Big Rivers-- Thoughts, Tips and Strategies
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s talk about fishing big rivers. For the most part, all of us here at Troutbitten are river an...
Learn to Read the River Like a Trout
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We spend a lot of time thinking about tactics and working on techniques. We devote our energies towa...
Know the River or Know Your Tactics? What Puts More Trout In the Net?
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a topic that starts with an interesting question: What puts more trout in the net? Is ...
Riverside -- Twelve Small Stream Fly Casting Tips
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here are twelve tips for delivering a fly into waters that are heavily canopied, with greedy branche...
Strategies For Stocked Trout
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Across the country, there are rivers, creeks and streams stocked by the state, often referred to a...
Riverside: The Best Fly Rods for the Mono Rig, Tight Line and Euro Nymphing
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's your favorite fly rod? This most frequently asked question now has its answer in the Tro...
Streamer Presentations #10 -- Strategies, Tips and Scenarios
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This season has been all about options for moving the streamer. Our focus has been on the animations...
Streamer Presentations #9 -- The Tight Line Dance
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The tight line dance is another collection of movements to the streamer loosely grouped together int...
Streamer Presentations #8 -- The Crossover Technique
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With episode seven of this Troutbitten Skills Series, we’ve finally come to the point where we’v...
Streamer Presentations #7 -- Speed Leads and Lane Changes
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Speed leads happen mostly in one lane, and they go faster than their parent current. Lane changes ar...
Streamer Presentations #6 -- Jigging Styles (Slack, Contact and Pendulum Jigging)
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've covered many animations in these series. We’ve talked about the streamer head position ...
Streamer Presentations #5 - Give Swings a Chance
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This steamer presentation is what streamer anglers probably do most — swinging the flies. From wha...
Streamer Presentations #4 - Glides and Slides
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For us, streamer fishing is best when we actively and intentionally move the fly. But with glides an...
Streamer Presentations #3 - The Head Flip
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Head Flip is a pivot. It’s a simple change of the streamer's head angle, from down and ac...
Streamer Presentations #2 - The Jerk Strip
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ability to move the fly with the rod tip and not just the line hand is a fundamental skill that ...
Streamer Presentations #1 -- What We Control
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This season is a ten-part Troutbitten Skill Series, all about Streamer Presentations. We've bee...
Pre-Trip Efficiencies
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're talking about how to shorten your time at the tailgate or the trunk. Just get your wade...
Ten Years of Troutbitten
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're here to celebrate ten years of Troutbitten.December 8th was the tenth anniversary of the ...
Brown Trout, Rainbows, Brook Trout, Cutthroat -- What's the Difference?
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This discussion is about the differences between trout species. How are the habits of brown trout di...
Season 13 Intermission -- Leader Shop, Videos, Podcast Plans, Books and More
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our Season 13 Intermission, my wife, Becky, joins me for a look at what's going on in the T...
Why Do Some Rivers Hold Big Trout?
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I fished for two decades before I finally realized that not every river, not every creek or stream h...
Why We Fish
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight we’re here to talk about why we fish. It’s a simple question. Why do we commit so much o...
Barbed Hooks or Barbless? Does It Really Matter?
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re halfway through Season 13, and tonight we have a discussion that’s been on our backburner ...
Finding Your Confidence Flies
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every angler needs a set of flies to call their own. Among the thousands of patterns, options and ch...
The Ethical Angler -- What Does That Mean?
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's right and wrong? That's what ethics really boils down to. Certainly, there are nuan...
The One or Two Fly Debate, Across Fishing Styles
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Troutbitten guys are here to talk about two flies. Why do we fish two dry flies, two streamers, ...
Why Do We Catch Trout In Patches?
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The full Troutbitten crew is back for season thirteen. In this fall and early winter season, our the...
Fishing Dry Flies -- Dry Fly Skills Series #7
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this final episode in the dry fly skills series, we work through some scenarios that anglers fre...
Rise Forms and Hook Sets -- Dry Fly Skills Series #6
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the last couple of weeks we talked a lot about choosing the next fly, when to change, and what ...
All About the Flies -- Dry Fly Skills Series #5
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are at the part of the season where we address everybody’s favorite question — what fly ...
Casting and Mending -- Dry Fly Skills Series #4
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our discussion here is about casting dry flies, and that’s where all good fly casting starts. With...
Catching Up, With Leader Sales, Videos and Troutbitten Plans
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our Season 12 Intermission, my wife, Becky, joins me for a lighthearted look at what's goin...
Dry Fly Leader Design and Adjustment -- Dry Fly Skills Series #3
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The leader should match the moment and match the angler. It should match the fly, the river and the ...
Dry Fly Skills #2 --Drag Free Drifts and Animation
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The drag free drift -- a high percentage of the time, that’s what catches trout on top. So aiming ...
Dry Fly Skills #1 -- When and Why
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Season twelve begins. It’s a seven-part skills series dedicated to dry fly fishing. My friend, Mat...
Prospecting for Trout
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prospecting is a strategy for covering water. It’s about pace. A lot of what we do, day to day o...
The Airing of Grievances -- Three
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The third annual Airing of Grievances on the Troutbitten Podcast has arrived. Some of this is playfu...
Set the Hook! All About Different Hooksets
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are many different ways to set the hook while fly fishing for trout, because there are many di...
The Further You Walk, the More You Leave Behind (a Story)
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a story about the solitude that so many of us seek on the water — how the full experie...
The Troubles With Club Fishing
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're here for a tough conversation. This one's about fishing the pay-to-play setup of a c...
How Woodsmanship Catches Fish
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's an intangible quality built into the best anglers. It's about being comfortable an...
Boat Fishing -- How Everything Changes When Floating a River
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're here to talk about floating down a river, about why we like boats, how floating is so muc...
What's the Deal With Emergers?
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Like anything else in fishing, you can take the emerger concept just about as far as you want. You g...
The Ethics of Guiding -- More Harm Than Good?
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My friends join me for a tough discussion. What are the benefits of guiding? What are the good thing...
Fishing Through a Caddis Hatch
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two years ago we did a full episode on Hatches. That discussion was a broad, overarching look at how...
The Stages of an Angler
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How many times have we heard the supposed stages of an angler? First you want to catch a fish, then ...
Feed Drop -- Troutbitten On The Untangled Podcast
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I was happy to be a guest on the Untangled Podcast with Spencer Durrant. We talked mostly about Nymp...
Catching Up -- Patagonia, Leader Sales, Live Streams, Beer, Hosted Trips and More
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interim episode, Becky and I look back on what has happened in 2024 so far, and we set the t...
Critical Nymphing Concepts #7 -- Animating the Nymph
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are with our final installment, part seven of our series on critical nymphing concepts.Almos...
Critical Nymphing Concepts #6 -- Line on the Water
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about tension and slack. It's about how we manage fly lines and leaders on the ...
Critical Nymphing Concepts #5 -- Weight: The Fundamental Factor
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This discussion is all about weight. It’s the fundamental factor in nymphing. Because as soon as y...
Three Ways to Dead Drift -- Critical Nymphing Concepts #4
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features what might be the most important concept of nymph fishing. There are three dif...
Suspender Advantages -- Critical Nymphing Concepts #3
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the third part of this critical nymphing concepts series, we consider the advantages and disadvan...
More Influence or Less? -- Critical Nymphing Concepts #2
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of our Critical Nymphing Concepts series, my friend, Austin Dando, and I walk...
Critical Nymphing Concepts #1 -- The Three Questions
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This Season Ten skills series is about the critical concepts of nymphing. In seven episodes this sea...
A Troutbitten Glossary
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this final episode of Season Ten and of 2023, we wanted to have some fun. In this episode we w...
Bad Habits That Hurt
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re here to talk about bad habits — things that aren’t personal style but just bad form. The...
Fishing With a Camera
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This one is about taking photos and videos on the water, about camera gear, about keeping that gear ...
Our Favorite Rivers
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some favorite rivers meander and roll through stunning scenery and enchanting tracts of wilderness. ...
What Works When and Why? -- Mono Rigs and Euro Nymphing Styles
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a conversation about tight line leader styles. We share what we like best, what work...
Coffee and Secrets (a story), and Catching Up
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are in the middle of season nine, and we’re doing something a little different. This is li...
Tight Line, High Stick, Euro Nymph, Mono Rig -- What's the Difference and How Did We Get Here?
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the years, nymphing has grown up a bit. There's more information, more styles and more acc...
The Stuff You Don't Need
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, an angler's love for gear becomes more important than the fishing itself, until the ...
Turning Around the Toughest Days — How to Save a Slow Fishing Trip
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do we handle tough days? How can we turn it around and start catching fish? When the going gets ...
Trout Fishing and the Spawn
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation is about spawning trout. Specifically, we tackle the ethics of fishing during the ...
How Has Fly Fishing Changed?
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everything changes. That’s the only constant. And in the fly fishing world, the tactics, the gear ...
Night Fishing for Trout -- Nymphs, Wets and Pushers
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this six-part series we’ve covered locations, water types, weather, water and light conditions....
Night Fishing for Trout -- Topwater, Emergers and Streamers
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the episode you’ve all been waiting for. Tonight, we talk about fishing the top water....
Night Fishing for Trout -- Planning and Adapting Locations and Tactics
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All fishing trips benefit from a good plan, and most of us couldn’t stop planning, hoping and drea...
Night Fishing for Trout -- Swinging and Drifting
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We night fish with many different fly types: surface patterns, mouse emerges, streamers, wet flies, ...
Night Fishing for Trout: Lights -- Natural and Artificial
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part of the Night Fishing for Trout Skills Series on Troutbitten, we consider light. ...
Night Fishing for Trout: People, Places and Things
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This season is a skills series about fishing for trout after the sun goes down. And for the next six...
Summer Catch Up '23 -- The Fishing, The Shop, Videos and More
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re in between podcast season, and it's time for an update about what’s going on with Tro...
The One With Sloop - Stories With a Troutbitten Friend
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every Troutbitten regular knows about Sloop. We’ve referred to our friend on nearly every podcast,...
The Airing of Grievances 2
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back for the annual airing of grievances, here to call out what's wrong in the fly f...
Why We All Love Big Trout
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about big trout -- what they mean to us, why we chase them, and how catching a top t...
That's Not Fly Fishing -- What It Is, What It Isn't, Who Cares
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“That’s Not Fly Fishing.” How many times have you heard this at the bar or seen someone write ...
This Is The End -- A Story
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a brief pause in season seven of the podcast to share something that I published to ...