Podcast Ep 15: Memories and Fishing Plans

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 The Troutbitten Podcast, Episode 15, is now available everywhere that you listen to your podcasts.

** Note **  The Podcast Player, along with links to your favorite players is below.

Episode 15 is for story telling. And I’m joined by my friends, Bill, Josh, Austin and Trevor to share memories and make a few plans.

This is the final episode for season one of the Troutbitten Podcast. And at the tail end of this busy year, it’s a great time for reflections and resolutions.

My friends and I share a few lighthearted stories about the dumbest things we’ve ever done on the river. We also share who and what we miss most from years past. And lastly, we talk about what we want to change most about our fishing lives.

It’s a great discussion that’s both introspective and humorous. It’s also the perfect way to wrap up season one of the Troutbitten Podcast.

We Cover the Following
  • Dom’s snorkeling debacle
  • Josh and Austin, sleeping with the wolf spiders
  • Austin’s humble brag on the Blackfoot River
  • Bill’s finger problems
  • Trevor’s costly fall in
  • What each of us misses most
  • What each of us plans to change for the coming season

 

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. . . and everywhere else where you listen to podcasts.

Resources

READ: Troutbitten | Category | Stories
READ: Troutbitten | Your In Too Far Now
READ: Troutbitten | All the Things
READ: Troutbitten | How It Started
READ: Troutbitten | Find Your Rabbit Hole

 

You can find the dedicated Troutbitten Podcast page at . . .

podcast.troutbitten.com

 

Thank You!

The Troutbitten Podcast grew quickly this season. It landed in the top two most popular fishing podcasts on the charts, and it has stayed there ever since. I sincerely appreciate your support. Your downloads, subscriptions to the podcast and five star reviews are the key metrics in the podcast world. These kinds of stats help garner financial support from the industry and keep these podcasts coming. So thank you for being part of it all.

Season Two?

Yes. Season two is coming. The Troutbitten Podcast is a new sturdy branch of the Troutbitten tree. So it’ll be back soon. What will the format be? Not sure yet. But with a few weeks off to think and plan for things, you can be sure the Troutbitten Podcast will be back in your feed.

Thanks again for your support, everyone.

Fish hard, friends.

 

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Enjoy the day.
Domenick Swentosky
T R O U T B I T T E N
domenick@troutbitten.com

 

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Domenick Swentosky

Central Pennsylvania

Hi. I’m a father of two young boys, a husband, author, fly fishing guide and a musician. I fish for wild brown trout in the cool limestone waters of Central Pennsylvania year round. This is my home, and I love it. Friends. Family. And the river.

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8 Comments

  1. Terry martin on December 29, 2021 at 11:30 am

    Another great podcast. Happy holidays to you all. Can’t wAit to see what next year brings.

    Reply
  2. Mike on January 3, 2022 at 10:23 am

    Thanks for the season of podcasts! I do hope they will continue next year as they’ve brought a wealth of information. I really like hearing from all of you guys and how you do things differently!

    Reply
  3. Rick on January 3, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    Regarding plans for 2022; might you consider a Troutbitten Road Trip with follow up podcast? The Delaware River in PA is teeming with wild browns and bows. Stretching those wings and testing those proven methods could be a fun ride for all of us.

    Reply
    • Domenick Swentosky on January 4, 2022 at 1:09 pm

      Hi Rick,

      Are you funding the trip? 🙂 Just kidding.

      Each of us on the podcast has spread our wings and fished our favorite tactics in every corner of PA and beyond. Four of us are in the stage of life (some of us with young kids) where road tripping isn’t in the cards very often — especially five of us a once! Ha. It’s a nice thought, but not a reality-based option.

      Cheers.
      Dom

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  4. Theo on January 12, 2022 at 8:18 am

    Brilliant final episode of an epic series of podcasts! If you do start developing a Troutbitten-brand camera-carrying system, I’d look quite closely at the old William Joseph magnetic closure systems which now seem to have resurfaced in a couple of places: pretty similar clamshell-shaped Badlands chest packs, as well as one or two Fishpond waist packs. I’m currently carrying a small DSLR in an old WJ Amp chest pack: clean lines, waterproof seal, instant access… if you’ve ever used this system, you’ll know what I mean when I say that anything with zips feels like going back to the Dark Ages.

    Anyhow, keep up the great work, Dom and team…

    Reply

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