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Fly Fishing Trends: Regional Trips, Gear Updates, and Competition Dominance

Fly Fishing Trends: Regional Trips, Gear Updates, and Competition Dominance

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 In the world of American fly fishing, you know it’s never just about casting line—it’s about chasing water, swapping stories, and staying up with what’s new, weird, and wild. Let’s get into a few hot topics making waves right now.

Anyone who’s shopped for gear or booked a trip lately knows the scene’s been a little funky since the pandemic. According to Angling Trade, the COVID-era “newbie boom” is finally cooling; participation is leveling out now that life has gone back to more or less normal. But don’t worry—the hardcores aren’t going anywhere, and Texas folks are still swarming Colorado shops every summer, keeping river guides busier than a mayfly hatch on a warm June night. People are still staying regional for trips, loading up racks and hitting blue lines closer to home if the big destination adventures aren’t in the cards. And as for gear, it’s been a slow year for major new rod releases, but everyone’s counting down to the next must-have 9-foot 5-weight rod that’ll make the gearheads drool.

Over in Michigan, trout folks are keeping their eyes on new regulations that just dropped for several inland lakes in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan DNR rolled out changes this month intended to balance growing interest in lake fishing with keeping wild trout healthy for seasons to come. Expect to see updated limits and size minimums, so it's worth a pit-stop at the local fly shop or checking the new rules online before rigging up. These adjustments come after evidence of increased pressure on those lakes by anglers looking for something away from crowded streams.

If you’re a saltwater junkie or like mixing it up on trips, you’ll appreciate what Outdoor Alabama is reporting—it’s the wild west for redfish down there. Some major bag and size limit changes went through this summer. For red drum, there’s now a hard slot: you can only keep fish between 16-26 inches, and nothing bigger. That’s a move to protect brood stock for the future. You can also only keep up to three per person, and if you’re after sheepshead, you’ll be limited to eight a day now. And in a twist, snook—once rare in Alabama—are showing up enough that they’ve slapped a bag and size limit on those too. It's proof that even fly fishing regs have to keep up with changes in our coastal ecosystem.

Finally, competition anglers had a treat out west. According to MidCurrent and coverage on YouTube, the 2025 Fly Fishing Team USA National Championship happened just this summer in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Anglers took on five venues—including the famous Henry’s Fork and stretches of the Graze River. The scene was serious fish-by-fish competition, with some tough lake sessions and a ton of camaraderie off the water. There’s a lot of energy right now around both the youth team clinics (the U.S. Youth Team just dominated at the world championship), and the grownup league making a real run internationally. It’s a reminder that for some, “just fishing” means medals, sponsors, and a heck of a lot of practice.

Thanks for tuning in to this week’s take on what’s new and exciting in the U.S. fly fishing world. We hope you learned something that’ll help your next day on the water or at least keep you in the loop at the local shop. Be sure to come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production—for more, check out QuietPlease dot A I. Tight lines and see you all soon!

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