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Life on the water. Troutbitten is a deep dive into fly fishing for wild trout in wild places. Author and guide, Domenick Swentosky, shares stories, tips, tactics and conversations with friends about fly fishing through the woods and water. Explore more. Fish hard. And discover fly fishing at Troutbitten.com — an extensive resource with 1500+ articles about trout, friends, family and the river.
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Approaching the River
We’re here to talk about approaching the river — approaching the trout — to put our boots in the best place, with a strategy for making the casts and catching fish.
We focus so much on the drifting, on the presentation and the casting — on the technical aspects of getting all of those things just right — that it’s easy to overlook the skill that comes before all of that . . .
And make no mistake, the approach is a skill. It’s about making a plan. It’s about choosing a piece of water and deciding at which angle we’ll make the cast.
We consider all of it in this episode. We also look at some intangibles like bug life and light angles, like water levels and how we might mask our presence from the trout. Because scared trout don’t eat, and honestly, that has to be our first consideration.
This is a great conversation with my friends Matt Grobe and Bill Dell.
Resources
PODCAST: Troutbitten | The Spooky Trout - What Scares Fish and How to Avoid Spooking Them
READ: Troutbitten | The Spooky Trout - Find Their Blind Spot
READ: Troutbitten | Are You Spooking Trout?
PODCAST: Troutbitten | Pre-Trip Efficiencies
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