Here's a short film celebrating our brewing collaboration with New Trail. It's a great memory of the brew day, the release day and some wonderful friendships.

Back in April, the Troutbitten crew got together with our long-time friends over at New Trail Brewing company to brew a beer together. The result: Troutbitten Hazy IPA. We worked on this project for over a year, and it was a lot of fun to partner with our favorite brewery. At the end of June, we hosted a beer release party at New Trail, and it was fantastic to see so many familiar faces from the Troutbitten community.

Continue reading VIDEO: Beer and Friends: Good Times & Good Stories with New Trail & Troutbitten at Troutbitten.

We made a Troutbitten beer and it’s ready to drink! We got together with our friends at New Trail Brewing company and brewed a Troutbitten Hazy IPA. We've been working on this project for over a year, and it's been a lot of fun to work with our favorite brewery. Being involved in the planning and brewing process was rewarding. Now it's time to have a beer. 

Continue reading The Troutbitten Hazy IPA with New Trail Brewing Company is Here at Troutbitten.

. . . There’s a segment of fly anglers who will never see streamers, nymphs or wet flies as a legitimate offering. That’s fine. Keep it to yourself.

There’s another segment of fly fishers who believe trophy hunting for big browns with big streamers is the only way to live out there. And everything else might as well be tweed hats and waxed catgut. That’s fine too. Keep it to yourself.

The majority of us are fishermen, just having fun, trying to catch a fish and then catch another one . . .

Continue reading Dry or Die? at Troutbitten.

Accomplished and skilled fly fishing requires that you give part of your life to the river. That’s evident in the first few trips, and I think the depth of all this surprises would-be anglers. It intimidates some, and it captivates others . . .

Continue reading Life On the Water at Troutbitten.

Here are a bunch of Troutbitten terms, words, sayings, phrases and idioms. What do they all mean? Here we go.

If you’re lucky enough to have your own group of long-time fishing friends, then I’m sure you have your own phrases too — your own idioms and ways of talking about things. It’s all a lot of fun . . .

Continue reading PODCAST: A Troutbitten Glossary — S9, Ep10 at Troutbitten.

I’m consistently surprised by the lack of river sense that's missing in so many anglers. I mean that literally and not condescendingly. Just as a city kid marvels at the sight of deep darkness on a moonless night, fifty miles deep into a state forest, the country boy doesn’t give it a second thought. It’s experience. And that’s all it is.

People who are new to fishing just don’t know much about rivers. And I never really get used to that. Because so much of what a river does, and what fish do in response, is organic to me. I grew up fishing and playing in small streams. As a kid, I was drawn to every runoff ditch within walking or biking distance. I couldn't stay away. And like anything else, you grow into your surroundings. I don’t think that can be changed, whether we’d like it to be or not.

Anyway, those without that same history with rivers see the water differently, and sometimes I have trouble remembering it.

On a cool April morning, Sam and I hit the water with all his new gear . . .

Continue reading Angler Types in Profile: The Rookie at Troutbitten.

The Fish With Friends series continues with Josh and Trevor on a night fishing trip, a few big wild trout and the Bad Mother Night Fly recipe . . .

Continue reading Fish With Friends — Doc and Darling, Night Fishing and the Bad Mother Night Fly at Troutbitten.

Our friends are at the heart of it all. And this episode features the deepest friend to Troutbitten. Because Sloop tied it all together from the beginning . . .

Continue reading PODCAST: The One With Sloop – Stories With a Troutbitten Friend — S7 Ep12 at Troutbitten.

For a couple of years, the Troutbitten guys and I have wanted to put together films that simply show the fishing, the friendships and good times on the water. So begins the Fish With Friends series on the Troutbitten YouTube channel . . .

Continue reading Fish With Friends — Doc, Darling, Delly and Dom (VIDEO) at Troutbitten.

For the finale of Season Five on the Troutbitten Podcast and to wrap up 2022, we’re closing the curtain with an episode about fishing buddies — why we need them, how to find them and how to keep them for a lifetime.

Continue reading Podcast: Fishing Buddies — S5, Ep12 at Troutbitten.