Hey folks, grab your rods and wade in, cause 2026s got some killer fly fishing buzz hittin the US rivers and regs right now. First up, Colorados Lower Blue River near Kremmling is blowin up with drama. Colorado Parks and Wildlife dropped their December 2025 fishery survey, blamin pellet-fed trout for overcrowdin, gill lice, and dyin fish more than us floaters. Biologist Jon Ewert says feedin jacks up biomass past natural limits, spreadin disease to browns and rainbows, while angler kills are minor under catch-and-release rules. Landowners like Blue Valley Ranch, owned by that hedge fund bigwig Paul Tudor Jones, wanna slap a 10-year pilot permit on drift boats to fix it, but locals are pushin back for better flow data from Green Mountain Reservoir. Keep an eye on this access scrap, brothers, it could cramp our drifts.
Shiftin west, Wyomins Snake River below Jackson Lake is openin wide. Wyoming Game and Fish is endin a 70-year October closure next year for fall laker action, and doublin the tailwater trout limit from three to six daily, no size caps on them fat browns while cutthroats stick at three with one over 12 inches. Fly swingers like us can finally sight-fish big boys without old rules squeezin the vice.
Out in Oregon, ODFW just locked in 2026-2027 regs with a cheap nine-dollar Ocean Endorsement for marine fly chasin, excludin salmon and steelhead. Funds better surveys on stripers, plus they simplified kokanee to 10 a day year-round and opened spearfishin on bass and walleye to ease pressure on natives. Cleaner runs for our steelhead swings ahead.
And big win for access: the Feds at Fish and Wildlife are unlockin over 87,000 acres of refuge waters in Idaho, Montana, and Washington for sportfishin, alignin with state rules, no lead tackle bans. Plus, the MAPWaters Act passed the Senate, headin to the prez, makin it easy to check public rivers on your phone.
2026s shapin up sweet for us fly addicts, with better spots, smarter regs, and fights worth watchin. Thanks for tunin 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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