Hey folks, gather round the vice or the campfire, its your local fly slinger with the latest buzz from the US fly fishing scene. First off, that Lower Blue River in Colorado is blowin up like a bad hatch. Colorado Parks and Wildlife just dropped their December 2025 fishery survey, and its pointin fingers at those pellet-feeding ops on private ranches. Turns out, crammin big rainbows with chow is overcrowdin the joint, spreadin gill lice, and sendin diseases downstream to the Gold Medal Colorado stretches. Blue Valley Ranch guys are pushin back, sayin its low flows from Green Mountain Reservoir, not the feedin, but CPWs Jon Ewert aint buyin it—unnatural densities mean mortality spikes, period. Floaters might get a 10-year permit pilot, but anglers aint the main villains here; its the chummin thats got us worried.
Shiftin west, the Colorados thirstier than a guide after a 10-hour day. Washington Post reports the basins seven states cant agree on new water-sharing rules expirin next year, with Lake Powell at 28 percent and riskin blackouts on hydro power. Blackfoot Challenge in Montana's scrapin by with drought aid just to keep water in the rivers—hay at 60 percent, fish stressin hard. La Nina snows are late in the Rockies, but fingers crossed for a late dump to save our tailwaters.
On a brighter note, conservation fights are heatin up. AT News calls out Interior Secretary Burgums push to offload low-visitor parks like Knife Rivers to states, slashin NPS budget by 1.3 billion. Call your senators, locals—public lands access aint for sale. And big win: the MAPWaters Act sailed through Senate, headin to the prez desk for easy online maps of federal waters—boaters and waders, rejoice.
Lookin ahead, 2026s packin events to fire you up. Fly Fishing Film Tours 20th anniv kicks off March 28 in Seven Devils, NC, with stops in Catskills, Dallas, Santa Cruz, even Pinetop, AZ. Dont sleep on the International Sowbug Roundup March 26-28 in the Ozarks—Davy Wotton and crew tyin delicate dries for White River trout. Fly tyins hot with Gen Z, shops rebounded for hands-on lessons, and expect more catch-and-release smarts on temps and PFAS.
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