If you like talking shop about fly fishing, you picked a wild week to tune in. Let’s just get right into a few headlines everybody’s buzzing about on the water lately.

First off, hats off to the USA Fly Fishing Team. These folks packed their rods and hit the 2025 World Fly Fishing Championships in the Czech Republic. After five days of scraping it out against the very best from across the globe, they locked down the bronze medal for a second year in a row. We’re talking serious skill and dedication: Michael Bradley out of Cherokee, North Carolina, also landed the individual bronze, leapfrogging anglers who’ve practically become legends in international circles. It’s no small feat. The fly fishing crowd sometimes grumbles about competition not being the purest part of the sport, but you watch these folks in action and it’s hard not to respect the craft and camaraderie. That team spirit’s as thick as mayflies during a hatch, let me tell ya. All that from MidCurrent, which keeps a real close pulse on tournament talk.

Now, get ready if you’re fishing Michigan waters this season. As of April 1, there’s a whole new wave of regulations dropping. Steelheaders will want to pay attention: the state’s tweaked size limits on some inland streams, even dropping the 20-inch minimum limit on steelhead for certain spots. And here’s one for the gear-heads: ports like Grand Haven and Muskegon now require single-point hooks only during November—no more spearing gear in those parts during that stretch. And if you’re gunning for muskie, Thornapple Lake and Lake Hudson are now boasting a 50-inch minimum size. The DNR says it’s all part of supporting some solid Great Lakes-strain muskie for the future. Make sure you pull up the newest Michigan Fishing Regulations before you wet a line, just so you don’t surprise yourself out there. This scoop is straight from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Meanwhile, out west, Californians are on notice. The California Fish and Game Commission is in the thick of revising all sorts of rules, especially for salmon and crab fishing. Not every decision is inked and dry yet—some regs might drop during the next commission meeting in August. But if you’re after salmon in the coastal rivers this summer, double-check those regs. There’s a lot of chatter up and down the Sierras from those keeping one eye on river flows and another on the regulatory rumors. The Fish and Game Commission’s official site is laying out the pending changes for those who want to stay sharp.

And hey, if you want a break from waders and real-life fish slime, the annual Fly Fishing Film Tour is crisscrossing the country again. The 19th edition is rolling through over 300 venues—just about every trout town from Montana to Memphis. Some screenings are popping up at breweries (which is pretty fitting, as most good fish stories get better with a pint), and the films are a who’s who of wild rivers, big fish, and the characters who chase them. If a new pattern or destination doesn’t land on your bucket list after a show, you might not have a pulse. Details are up on the Fly Fishing Film Tour schedule.

Thanks for hanging out and keeping it local with us. Come back next week for more fresh news from the world of fly fishing—spots, stories, and rule updates. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more, check out QuietPlease dot A I. Tight lines out there!

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