Imagine you're in Colorado with mountains in every direction and the South Platte running just as stones through across the road.

Today's episode is about what makes a destination lodge work, not as a postcar, not as a fly shop, but as a true base camp for anglers, hikers, hunters, and groups moving through some of the best water in the state.

Today I'm sitting down with Jason Pickerel and Jackie Mosier to get the story behind Mountain River Lodge.

We're going to talk about how this place came together, how it formed in the early days as a historic motor lodge,

and how today they've upgraded everything to create one of the best experiences out there.

We're going to be hitting this this year.

This is our destination for our Land and Mayer School, and we're excited to share that today.

We're going to talk about a little fly fishing, a little outdoor activities.

And if you enjoy Colorado or have thought about this, we're going to give you some insight into Mountain River Lodge.

This is the Wetfly 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 get back to the fish species that we all love.

Jason and Jackie are here to talk about the fall school we just mentioned.

We're going to find out also what it's like throughout the year here, including the shoulder seasons, why Jackie loves hiking at Mueller State Park, and in some of the other great opportunities that are filled in September, including the fall colors, which we're going to get through here. We're going to get into it all, the South Plath, the Dream Stream, and everything else in between. I just want to remind you, we've got a couple of spots open for that Landon-Mayer trip. If you're interested, and we're just getting the word out right now, so checking with me, send me an email right now, Dave at Wetfly Swing.com, and just put LandonMayer in the comments, and I'll check back with you. All right, here they are. You can find Jackie and Jason at Mountain River Lodge.net.

How are you both doing?

Hi, fantastic.

Nice, nice. This is going to be a fun episode.

We're doing a big trip with Landon Mayer, probably one of the biggest names out there in fly

fishing, and we're heading to Colorado, your neck of the woods to, we're going to be staying

at Mountain River Lodge at your place. And today we're going to be staying at Mountain River Lodge

at your place. And today we're going to talk a little bit about what it's like. I know I've had some listeners already call me and say, hey, we're passing through, you know, where should we go, you know, all this stuff. So we're going to talk about the details there and kind of just shed light on the trip. So first off, what's going on this time of year? It's, uh, we're close to Christmas.

Are you guys, are you shut down? Are you still running things? Are people still? and kind of just shed light on the trip. So first off, what's going on this time of year? It's, we're close to Christmas.

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