Fish and Film – Fishing Fall Streamers (VIDEO)

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Fishing is a story . .

Nothing beats a good streamer bite. As much as we all love fishing dry flies and nymphs, nothing compares to actively fishing streamers and watching trout attack the fly. In early November, I found good streamer action in some favorite water. The takes were spotty enough that I had to work for them, but frequent enough that I could learn the preferences of the trout and dial in a presentation.

I fished three shifts, covering different parts of the river. And as most any day with streamers goes, trout had their moments . . .

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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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10 Comments

  1. Tom Bosak on November 28, 2024 at 11:06 am

    Another good one Dom, keep em coming.

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  2. Terry on November 28, 2024 at 12:44 pm

    Happy thanksgiving

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  3. Rich Pospula on November 28, 2024 at 3:12 pm

    Hi Dom,

    Watching you execute a double head-flip, a stop, flip and stall finally registered with me. These films on the water are great. Thanks for the content. Also, I never get to see the background music credits… Is that also you on your ‘day off’????
    Happy Thanksgiving the you, the family and your extended team.

    rich

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    • Domenick Swentosky on November 28, 2024 at 4:06 pm

      Thank you. Same to you, Rich. All music is from Epidemic Sound.
      Thanks for your support.
      Dom

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  4. Jon on November 29, 2024 at 7:16 am

    It looks like you had the line wrapped around the rod? ??

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  5. Richard V on November 29, 2024 at 11:29 pm

    Happy holidays to you and your family, Dom!

    I was having trouble visualizing how your rod movements caused the head-flip until I searched for “streamer head flip” knowing that I’d find content. Sure enough, I found the specific video and your key comment that the best, if not only, time to effect a head turn easily is when the streamer is across from you, not upstream or downstream. Then it clicked and I got it…the video showing the streamer floating slowly also helped to illustrate how the head turns without moving the streamer through the water. Bingo!

    Thanks, as always!

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    • Domenick Swentosky on November 30, 2024 at 9:02 am

      Hey now! Yeah, after 1500 articles, podcasts and videos, there’s usually a Troutbitten thing dedicated to what you’re looking for.

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