Let’s talk about what’s buzzing in U.S. fly fishing this week, the kind of stuff you’d hear about leaning on a tailgate, swapping flies, and checking flows.

First up, Team USA just put on a clinic overseas. MidCurrent reports the USA Fly Fishing Team snagged team bronze at the 2025 World Fly Fishing Championships in the Czech Republic—back-to-back bronzes for the squad—and Michael Bradley out of Cherokee, North Carolina, brought home individual bronze, too. Five days of tight-line nymphing chess matches on technical water, and the Americans beat the host Czechs to the podium. Say what you will about comp fishing—it’s tough to argue with that kind of precision and rivercraft. According to MidCurrent, it’s a sign of a program that’s leveling up year over year.

Closer to home, Michigan anglers, heads up. The Michigan DNR says the 2025 season opened with a handful of rule tweaks that matter if you swing for chrome or toss hardware near the piers. Steelhead regs shifted on some Type 3 and 4 streams—some waters no longer carry the 20-inch minimum for steelhead where the daily limit is one, so you’ll want to check the specific stream pages. They also added single-point hook rules in November for the ports of Grand Haven, Muskegon, and Whitehall/Montague, and flat-out prohibited spearing there Nov. 1–30. That’s a nudge toward cleaner hook-ups during the shoulder-season mixed-bag bite. And muskie folks? Thornapple Lake and Lake Hudson are now 50-inch minimum waters—these lakes feed broodstock for Great Lakes-strain muskies, so the DNR’s guarding their future. All straight from the Michigan DNR’s March 31, 2025 release.

Out West, California’s making it simpler to keep up with their constantly evolving playbook. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has rolled steelhead and salmon regs into the main 2025 Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations booklet—no more chasing a separate supplement mid-season, though they’ll keep one more supplemental edition for 2025 before retiring it Jan. 1, 2026. Bonus: Free Fishing Days land on July 5 and August 30 this year—licenses waived, but all other rules and report cards still apply. That’s from CDFW’s 2025 regulations publication.

And for those planning a fall road trip, Fly Fishers International is bringing the community back together in person—FFI Flyfest hits Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 26–27, 2025. FFI says it’ll be wall-to-wall casting and tying instruction, conservation talks, and all the usual show-floor scuttlebutt. If you’ve never fished downtown Grand Rapids in September, FFI points out it’s prime time for coho salmon running through that urban fishery—swing a bright Intruder along the seams and hang on. It’s a legit big-fish-in-the-city vibe.

One more gear nugget for the tackle tinkerers: MidCurrent notes Temple Fork Outfitters launched the Dispatch combo for 2025—aimed at new and progressing anglers with a moderate action rod you won’t outgrow too fast. If you’ve got a buddy finally ready to ditch the rental rig, this is a clean on-ramp that won’t kill their loop.

Quick takeaways:
- USA Fly Fishing is hot—comp wins usually trickle down into the way guides teach and how the rest of us fish pocket water and micro-currents. That’s good for everyone. (MidCurrent)
- Michigan’s November single-point rules near key Lake Michigan ports suggest more attention on ethical hookups when fish stack in tight water. Keep it tidy. (Michigan DNR)
- California is consolidating regs and plugging Free Fishing Days—nice for getting kids or curious friends on the water without the license barrier. (CDFW)
- FFI Flyfest in Grand Rapids is a perfect excuse to fish coho at dawn, then talk line tapers after lunch. (Fly Fishers International)

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