Today's guest has chased Tarpin in Cuba, scouted redfish in Louisiana, and helped hundreds of anglers plan trips from the Rockies to the flats, all without overcomplicating each trip.

In this episode, we get into the Intel and what you need to know from how to plan for a DIY trip, the smart way, and how to identify simple mistakes that ruin more trips than

anything else. By the end of this episode, you'll know how to better plan your next trip,

how to pack lighter and fish with more confidence no matter where you're heading this season.

This is the Wet Fly Swing podcast where I show you the best places to travel to for fly fishing,

how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for that big trip and what you can do to give back to fish species we all love.

John Hunt, angler, traveler, and founder of Moxen Fly Club joins us to unpack what it takes to build unforgettable DIY and hosted fly fishing trips around the country.

From the San Juan to Cuba to the remote flats of Mexico.

Today you're going to hear how he prepares for international trips,

why rod choice isn't nearly as important as your flyline,

and key mistakes that even experience anglers make before they step on the water.

Plus, John's going to share his biggest gear tips and why he keeps a pile of gear in the

corner of his office.

Here we go.

John Hunt from moccasenflyclub.com.

How you doing today, John?

Good, man.

I'm happy that we finally got some sort of end of spring, summer type thing happening here in Colorado, so I can't complain. Oh, cool. Cool. Is that now, as we're talking, it's early May. It's going to be June, July. So what's going on? There was some snow, right? Did that clear out? Is it looking more like summer now, spring? Yeah, I mean, as as of this week we still had a bunch of snow in

the mountains i was over at our lodge in in silt uh earlier this week and it was a fun drive there

and back through the mountain passes but here in the in the front range in denver boulder and etc we got

you know green grass trees are blooming uh a lot of rain but you, I can finally say that I think we're out of the cold. But who knows what next week is. You never know. Yeah, yeah. It's always the same. You never know. Okay, cool. I'm glad you mentioned the Colorado because we, you know, in the last episode, we dug into that. You have some awesome places to travel to in Colorado. We talked a little bit about that. Today, I think we're going to get into some DIY, maybe talk about traveling abroad. I hear from listeners and people in our wet fly swing community that, you know, DIY is big. You know, people love going on guide trips, but sometimes maybe if they don't have a ton of money to do like a giant lodge trip,

they might want to maybe get a guide for a day or two and then DIY it. So we're going to talk to that today. But maybe, yeah, just give us an update before we jump into that, like, high level. What's going on with you as you look out over the summer? Where are you going to be traveling all over the country, all over the world? How does that look? The summer usually keeps me, you know, pretty busy here in the Rockies, our lodge in Colorado

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