Hey folks, grab your rods and lets talk shop on whats hot in fly fishing right now. First up, that drama on Colorados Lower Blue River is blowing up. Colorado Parks and Wildlife dropped their December 2025 survey report blaming pellet-feeding programs for overcrowding trout, gill lice, and die-offs, not us floaters like some landowners are pushing. CPW biologist Jon Ewert says fed fish push populations past natural limits, spiking mortality, while angler catch-and-release is minor. Friends of the Lower Blue and Blue Valley Ranch want a 10-year permit for floaters, but locals are calling for more on low flows from Green Mountain Reservoir. Keep an eye, this could cramp access.
Out West, snow droughts got Midcurrent warning freestone rivers in Utah, Colorado, and the PNW at risk. No big melt means hotter water sooner, with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks slapping hoot owl restrictions at 73 degrees. Could hit 77 lethal for trout without that slow snowpack cooldown, so plan early season trips.
Good news in Wyoming per Wyoming Game and Fish: Snakes tailwater below Jackson Lake doubles trout limit to six daily, no length caps on big browns, and ends the 70-year October closure for fall lakers. More sight-fishing for us fly guys.
Oregon dropped regs too via ODFW: nine buck Ocean Endorsement for marine species minus salmon and steelhead, funding surveys for better striper data. Simplified kokanee to ten a day year-round, and opened spearfishing on bass walleye to ease native pressure, maybe cleaner runs for our steelhead swings.
Feds at Fish and Wildlife Service are opening 87,000 acres in Idaho, Montana, Washington refuges for sport fishing, no lead tackle bans, just more wadeable public water.
And big win: MAPWaters Act passed Senate, heading to prez desk for easy online access to federal waters info.
2026s looking up with smarter conscience on fish handling, Gen Z tying bugs, and these tweaks. Tight lines, yall.
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