Hey folks, grab your rods and listen up, cause 2026 is shaping up to be a wild ride for us fly flingers across the US. First off, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is slapping a new Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement on us starting January 1, eight bucks seventy-five for most, seven ten for kids fifteen and seniors. Hits the Snake River mainstem in Asotin County too, but only if youre chasing salmon or steelhead, not trout or whatever else is sipping your dry fly. Funds go straight to keeping those runs strong amid budget woes.
Over in Oregon, ODFW just greenlit the 2026-2027 regs, including a nine-dollar Ocean Endorsement for marine stuff excluding salmon, steelhead and shellfish. Smart move, revenue fuels nearshore surveys so we got solid data on where the stripers and such are staging up. Plus, they simplified kokanee to ten a day year-round, no fuss, and opened spearfishing on bass and walleye runs to ease pressure on natives. Might mean cleaner water for our steelhead swings.
Wyoming's dropping a bombshell on the Snake near Jackson Lake: end of the seventy-year October closure starting next year, so fall lake trout action opens up. And that tailwater stretch below the dam? Trout limit jumps from three to six daily, no length caps on abundant browns, cutthroats stay at three with one over twelve. Bait guys love it, but us fly folks can sight-fish those big boys easier now.
Meanwhile, the Feds at Fish and Wildlife Service are expanding sport fishing spots across refuges in states like Idaho, Montana and Washington, adding over eighty-seven thousand acres of access. Aligns with state rules, no lead tackle drama, just more public water to wade and cast.
Fly fishing shows are firing up too, with the Sowbug Roundup in the Ozarks March 26 to 28, all about delicate dry flies on White and Norfork rivers, pros like Davy Wotton tying and teaching.
Locals, mark your calendars, tighten those leaders, and get after it before the crowds. Thanks for tuning in, come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for me check out Quiet Please Dot A I.
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