"Fly Fishing Champs, Women's World Championship, and Michigan Regulation Changes: Your Summer Fishing Update"

If you’re knee-deep in the fly fishing game, this summer’s news should get your reel spinning. Let’s start with the bragging rights stuff. According to MidCurrent, the USA Fly Fishing Team just hit the podium for the second year in a row at the 2025 World Fly Fishing Championship in Czech Republic, walking away with a team bronze medal—and Michael Bradley from North Carolina landed an individual bronze too. These folks went rod-to-rod with thirty-two countries and came out standing, showing everyone that American fly fishers can hang with the best. That’s some serious cred if you’ve ever tried to wrangle a Podunk brookie, let alone take on the world.

Now let’s talk about a little history-in-the-making. For the first time ever, the Women’s Fly Fishing World Championship is coming to the U.S.—right in the heart of Island Park, Idaho, this July. Wet Fly Swing says there will be seven teams from around the world, and the American squad, though young, is fired up to show locals and visitors what U.S. trout are made of. Melissa Smith, a stalwart of Team USA, points out how this relatively new women’s team is already pulling in medals; so, if you’re in the area, swing by and tip your hat to the next generation of legends.

Back on the home waters, Michigan anglers got a shakeup for the 2025 season. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources just rolled out new sportfishing regulations that hit steelhead, muskie, and gear restrictions in some pretty popular spots. The steelhead minimum on several streams is gone, and there are new single-pointed hook rules and spearing bans in places like Grand Haven and Muskegon during November. If muskie are your jam, make sure you check out the new 50-inch minimum size on some lakes. Anyone showing up unprepared could find themselves in hot water, so check the regs before you twitch your line.

Out West, recent fishing reports from Fly Fishers Place say the Crooked River’s been fishing well if you’re into nymphs and scuds, but bug hatches have been slow—probably thanks to those high waters we saw earlier in the year. On the Fall River, dawn patrollers are the ones cashing in, and if you like matching the hatch, afternoons can be gold with PMDs and BWOs. Just bring your fine tippet and be ready to switch things up faster than a Deschutes wind shift. Like everywhere else, conditions are changing fast and the fish aren’t giving out participation trophies.

Thanks for tuning in to this week’s rundown. If you want to hear more about fly fishing news and local legends, come back next week. This has been a Quiet Please production—check us out at Quiet Please dot A I. See you on the river.

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