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Fishing Big Rivers-- Thoughts, Tips and Strategies
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’re mostly wade anglers. We spend most of our time wading rather than floating, because we enjoy it, and because in a lot of cases, wading gives us the best chance for success.
But over the years I’ve noticed some misunderstandings about where and how we fish. I hear from a lot of reader, listeners and watchers of Troutbitten stuff. And one thing that frequently comes up is an assumption that all of our waters are small to medium sized. But that’s not true. Each of us spends plenty of time on big rivers. We all have our favorite rivers outside of this region. We’ve all traveled. And even around here, we have opportunities to fish big rivers.
So, what’s big? I’ll say a big river is one that you could float. And it’s probably the kind of river where you can’t wade all of it.
So we’re here to talk about fishing big water. In previous podcasts, we’ve spent some time talking about specific tactics and strategies for fishing small water, so let’s do the same for big rivers.
Each of us has a few tricks and some plans for getting the most out of a big water trip. We’ve made the mistakes, and we’ve all shared among ourselves how we eventually learned to not only manage big water but have some of the best days of the season.
I always say that fishing big water and fishing it well takes a lot of discipline. We talk about all of that and a lot more in this podcast
My friends, Matt Grobe, Bill Dell, Austin Dando and Josh Darling join me for a great discussion.
Resources
VIDEO: Troutbitten | Reading Water in Levels, Lanes and Seams
READ: Troutbitten | Never Blame the Fish
READ: Troutbitten | Fishing Big Water -- One Key Tip
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