What's your favorite fly rod? This most frequently asked question now has its answer in the Troutbitten Riverside Series. Riverside is a place for sharing and presenting stories and articles from the Troutbitten website. And one of the most popular articles at Troutbitten has been about the qualities to look for in a rod well suited for the Mono Rig.

This past winter, I wrote the manuscript for my upcoming book, Fly Fishing the Mono Rig. And I adapted the fly rod article into a full chapter for the book. And as I was finishing that chapter, I knew I wanted to present this as a Riverside video.

Here it is . . .

Resources

READ: Troutbitten | The Best Fly Rods for the Mono Rig, Tight Line and Euro Nymphing — My Favorite Rods

VIDEO: Troutbitten | RIVERSIDE: The Best Fly Rods for the Mono Rig

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This season has been all about options for moving the streamer. Our focus has been on the animations available to attract and then sell the trout on the streamer presentation. In this season finale, we talk about river scenarios and share some tips and strategies that help tie all of the previous episodes together.

We discuss the following:

• How different fly designs suggest fishing them different ways
• Should all streamers have flash?
• How to adapt to big rivers
• Discipline in approach and following through
• Are trout attracted by randomness in the presentation or turned off by it?
• How to adapt when we know big trout are in the area
• Does matching the baitfish type matter?
• Blending presentation styles
• How to convert trout that won't commit

My friend, Austin Dando, joins me for a great discussion.

Thanks to everyone out there who supports the Troutbitten Project. Your enthusiasm for this endeavor and your kindness are always appreciated.

Resources

READ: Troutbitten | Category | Streamers
READ: Troutbitten | Streamer Presentations -- The Cross Current Strip
READ: Troutbitten | Streamer Presentations - Quick of Smooth
READ: Troutbitten | Cover Water, Catch Trout

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The tight line dance is another collection of movements to the streamer loosely grouped together into a system or framework for covering many water types and gaining reactions from the trout. It's all about taking the advantages of a tight line, Mono Rig system to the streamer game and using contact to control every aspect of the streamer's course through the river.

We use a visible streamer for the tight line dance. We watch the streamer dip and swoon around rocks, tree parts and the river bank. Wherever there's good structure, that's the next target. The concept of the tight line dance allows us to hold the streamer around structure for longer, animating the streamer in every way imaginable to convince the trout.

My friend, Austin Dando, joins me for a great discussion.

Resources

READ: Troutbitten | Category | Streamers
READ: Troutbitten | Streamer Presentations -- The Tight Line Dance
READ: Troutbitten | Streamer Presentations - The Super Pause

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