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Troutbitten — 195 episodes

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Title
1

Taking the Next Step

2

The Big Lie of Dry Dropper

3

Burnout

4

What About Luck?

5

Dry Fly Platforms - The Outliers and The Wrap Up - The Troutbitten Fly Box

6

Dry Fly Platforms - Hoppers, Stones and Foams - The Troutbitten Fly Box

7

Riverside: Find Fish, Feed Fish, Fight Fish - The Order of Everything

8

Dry Fly Platforms - Emergers - The Troutbitten Fly Box

9

Dry Fly Platforms - Down Wings - The Troutbitten Fly Box

10

Dry Fly Platforms - Comparaduns - The Troutbitten Fly Box

11

Dry Fly Platforms - Parachutes - The Troutbitten Fly Box

12

Dry Fly Platforms - Upright Hackles - The Troutbitten Fly Box

13

Approaching the River

14

Fly Tying -- Essential Tools and More

15

Fly Fishing Myths

16

In Deep with Devin Olsen - Tight Line Tactics and Competition Influence

17

Troutbitten State of the Union, Fall 2025 - Catching Up With the Shop, Book, Videos, Events and More

18

Have Mono Rig and Euro Nymphing Styles Gone Too Far?

19

The Spawning Process of Trout

20

What Flies Catch Big Trout?

21

In Deep - Fishing Simply, With Craig Matthews

22

Back to Spot Burning - Evolution?

23

Big Flies for Big Trout - Cicada Wrap Up

24

Riverside -- Fighting Big Fish -- Keep 'Em Down

25

In Deep -- Dry Fly Leader Design with John Shaner

26

The Blue Liner's Bible - Questions and Stories

27

The Blue Liner's Bible -- Bigger Trout, and Streamers on Small Streams

28

The Blue Liner's Bible -- Nymphs On Small Streams

29

The Blue Liner's Bible -- Dry Flies On Small Streams

30

The Blue Liner's Bible -- Finding the Right Water

31

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

32

The Airing of Grievances -- Four

33

Is Gen X the Greatest Fly Fishing Generation?

34

Caught, Lost and Missed Trout -- Keeping Track

35

Gear Fixes

36

Our Most Important Breakthroughs

37

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

38

Why Are Some Trout So Selective?

39

Riverside -- A Fisherman's Thoughts On Spot Burning

40

Fishing Big Rivers-- Thoughts, Tips and Strategies

41

Learn to Read the River Like a Trout

42

Know the River or Know Your Tactics? What Puts More Trout In the Net?

43

Riverside -- Twelve Small Stream Fly Casting Tips

44

Strategies For Stocked Trout

45

Riverside: The Best Fly Rods for the Mono Rig, Tight Line and Euro Nymphing

46

Streamer Presentations #10 -- Strategies, Tips and Scenarios

47

Streamer Presentations #9 -- The Tight Line Dance

48

Streamer Presentations #8 -- The Crossover Technique

49

Streamer Presentations #7 -- Speed Leads and Lane Changes

50

Streamer Presentations #6 -- Jigging Styles (Slack, Contact and Pendulum Jigging)

51

Streamer Presentations #5 - Give Swings a Chance

52

Streamer Presentations #4 - Glides and Slides

53

Streamer Presentations #3 - The Head Flip

54

Streamer Presentations #2 - The Jerk Strip

55

Streamer Presentations #1 -- What We Control

56

Pre-Trip Efficiencies

57

Ten Years of Troutbitten

58

Brown Trout, Rainbows, Brook Trout, Cutthroat -- What's the Difference?

59

Season 13 Intermission -- Leader Shop, Videos, Podcast Plans, Books and More

60

Why Do Some Rivers Hold Big Trout?

61

Why We Fish

62

Barbed Hooks or Barbless? Does It Really Matter?

63

Finding Your Confidence Flies

64

The Ethical Angler -- What Does That Mean?

65

The One or Two Fly Debate, Across Fishing Styles

66

Why Do We Catch Trout In Patches?

67

Fishing Dry Flies -- Dry Fly Skills Series #7

68

Rise Forms and Hook Sets -- Dry Fly Skills Series #6

69

All About the Flies -- Dry Fly Skills Series #5

70

Casting and Mending -- Dry Fly Skills Series #4

71

Catching Up, With Leader Sales, Videos and Troutbitten Plans

72

Dry Fly Leader Design and Adjustment -- Dry Fly Skills Series #3

73

Dry Fly Skills #2 --Drag Free Drifts and Animation

74

Dry Fly Skills #1 -- When and Why

75

Prospecting for Trout

76

The Airing of Grievances -- Three

77

Set the Hook! All About Different Hooksets

78

The Further You Walk, the More You Leave Behind (a Story)

79

The Troubles With Club Fishing

80

How Woodsmanship Catches Fish

81

Boat Fishing -- How Everything Changes When Floating a River

82

What's the Deal With Emergers?

83

The Ethics of Guiding -- More Harm Than Good?

84

Fishing Through a Caddis Hatch

85

The Stages of an Angler

86

Feed Drop -- Troutbitten On The Untangled Podcast

87

Catching Up -- Patagonia, Leader Sales, Live Streams, Beer, Hosted Trips and More

88

Critical Nymphing Concepts #7 -- Animating the Nymph

89

Critical Nymphing Concepts #6 -- Line on the Water

90

Critical Nymphing Concepts #5 -- Weight: The Fundamental Factor

91

Three Ways to Dead Drift -- Critical Nymphing Concepts #4

92

Suspender Advantages -- Critical Nymphing Concepts #3

93

More Influence or Less? -- Critical Nymphing Concepts #2

94

Critical Nymphing Concepts #1 -- The Three Questions

95

A Troutbitten Glossary

96

Bad Habits That Hurt

97

Fishing With a Camera

98

Our Favorite Rivers

99

What Works When and Why? -- Mono Rigs and Euro Nymphing Styles

100

Coffee and Secrets (a story), and Catching Up

101

Tight Line, High Stick, Euro Nymph, Mono Rig -- What's the Difference and How Did We Get Here?

102

The Stuff You Don't Need

103

Turning Around the Toughest Days — How to Save a Slow Fishing Trip

104

Trout Fishing and the Spawn

105

How Has Fly Fishing Changed?

106

Night Fishing for Trout -- Nymphs, Wets and Pushers

107

Night Fishing for Trout -- Topwater, Emergers and Streamers

108

Night Fishing for Trout -- Planning and Adapting Locations and Tactics

109

Night Fishing for Trout -- Swinging and Drifting

110

Night Fishing for Trout: Lights -- Natural and Artificial

111

Night Fishing for Trout: People, Places and Things

112

Summer Catch Up '23 -- The Fishing, The Shop, Videos and More

113

The One With Sloop - Stories With a Troutbitten Friend

114

The Airing of Grievances 2

115

Why We All Love Big Trout

116

That's Not Fly Fishing -- What It Is, What It Isn't, Who Cares

117

This Is The End -- A Story

118

Vest, Pack or Something Else? Carrying Your Gear

119

Talking About Tippet -- Size, Strength, Length and Rigging

120

What to Love About Small Stream Fishing

121

Good Wading, Better Fishing -- How Wading Skills Change Everything

122

High Water, Dirty Water, Muddy Water

123

What Is More Difficult? Fishing Dry Flies or Nymphs?

124

Angler Pressure TWO -- What It Does to the Fishing

125

Angler Pressure ONE -- What It Does to the Fish

126

Fish It Anyway -- A Story

127

Catching Up -- Spring 2023

128

Winter Fly Fishing Skill #8 -- Full Crew Conversation with Stories and Tactics

129

Winter Fly Fishing Skills #7 -- Problems and Solutions

130

Winter Fly Fishing Skills #6 -- Dry Fly Fishing in the Winter

131

Winter Fly Fishing Skills #5 -- Streamer Fishing in the Winter

132

Winter Fly Fishing Skills #4 -- Nymphing in the Winter

133

Winter Fly Fishing Skills #3 -- Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

134

Winter Fly Fishing Skills #2 -- Your Hands

135

Winter Fly Fishing Skills #1 -- The System and The Plan

136

Fishing Buddies

137

What to Trust

138

Strategies for Fly Fishing In the Wind

139

Listener Q&A -- Mono Rigs, Tough Days, Trout Range and More

140

Streamer Presentations -- All About the Head of the Fly

141

Freewheelin' Two -- Stories and Experiences

142

Strategies for Fishing Low and Clear Water

143

Catch and Release: Always or Sometimes? And How C&R Changes Things On The Water

144

Weight In Fly Fishing: Beads, Shot, Sinking Lines and More

145

The Spooky Trout -- What Scares Fish and How to Avoid Spooking Them

146

Fly Tying and the Complete Angler

147

Fly Fishing Through the Fall Season

148

Roundtable Review and Wrap Up -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #5

149

Tight Line Dry Dropper -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #4

150

Standard Dry Dropper -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #3

151

Light Dry Dropper -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #2

152

Three Styles of Dry Dropper -- Dry Dropper Skills Series #1

153

The Troutbitten Project -- Past, Present and Future

154

Feed Drop -- Troutbitten on the Wade Out There Podcast

155

The Versatile Angler

156

An Introduction to Night Fishing for Trout

157

The Airing of Grievances

158

What's the Deal With Junk Flies?

159

Why Do We Miss Fish, and Why Do We Lose Fish on a Fly?

160

Learning a River and Discovering Its Secrets

161

A Fly Fishing Life, and Doing the Hard Things

162

Rude on the River, Front Ended and the Golden Rule

163

Find Your Water -- Find Space

164

Why It Always Comes Down to Fly Casting -- And What Matters Most

165

Find Feeding Fish - Exploring Water Types and More

166

How to Fight Bigger Trout

167

Hatches and Strategies

168

The Inefficiencies That Waste Your Fishing Time

169

Secrets and Spot Burning

170

Feed Drop -- Troutbitten on the Wet Fly Swing Podcast

171

Bonus Round Q&A with Full Panel -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #10

172

Putting It All Together -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #9

173

The Strike -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #8

174

Guiding the Flies -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #7

175

Locating the Strike Zone -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #6

176

Finding Contact -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #5

177

Recovering Slack -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #4

178

Stick the Landing -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #3

179

Turnover and Tuck Casting -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #2

180

Angle and Approach -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #1

181

Memories and Fishing Plans

182

Winter Fly Fishing Tips and Tactics

183

Big Trout From Pennsylvania to Montana -- With Guest, Matt Grobe

184

Nymphing Tight Line to the Indicator Style -- Contact Nymphing Principles With An Indy

185

Dealing With Weather and Fighting the Elements

186

Reading of "The Kid" -- With Special Guests Joey and Aiden

187

Breaking Down Streamer Presentations

188

How Many Trout Do You Catch? Expectations, the Liars and Reality

189

The Freewheelin' Troutbitten -- Junk Flies, Spot Burns, Ethics and More

190

Reading Water, and Cherry Picking vs Full Coverage

191

Fly Fishing the Mono Rig -- Versatility and the Tight Line Advantage Taken Further

192

Wild Trout vs Stocked -- The Hierarchy of River Trout

193

Night Fishing for Trout, and the Mouse Emerger Concept

194

How to Handle a Trout | Safe Catch and Release -- From Hooking a Trout to Letting It Go

195

This Is Troutbitten | Fly Fishing for Wild Trout -- Family, Friends and the River