Fly Fishing Access Expands: Senate Mining Vote Threatens Boundary Waters While New Public Water Rights Open Across America

Hey folks, grab your rods and listen up, cause theres some hot fly fishing buzz hittin the US right now thats got us locals grinnin. First off, up in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the US Senate just voted 50-49 to pass H.J. Res. 140, nullifying a 20-year mineral withdrawal on 225,504 acres in the Rainy River headwaters, clearing the path for Twin Metals copper-nickel mine, as reported by MidCurrent. Us fly anglers who paddle those pristine trout waters are watchin this like hawks—could spell trouble for the fishin we love, but the fights just heatin up.

Down in Colorado, Colorado Parks and Wildlife dropped their December 2025 Lower Blue River Fishery Survey Report, flaggin pellet-feeding programs as a big risk for overcrowding, gill lice, and trout die-offs on that sweet stretch, straight from aquatic biologist Jon Ewert. Blue Valley Ranchs Brien Rose fired back in the Aspen Times sayin correlation aint causation, no hard proof feedin spreads disease. Locals like us on the Blue are debatin this over campfires—those big rainbows lovin the chow or ruinin the river?

Over in Floridas Everglades Agricultural Area, a settlement amended the Environmental Resources Permit for a rock mine, keepin it alive with new expansion rules but Army Corps review pendin, per MidCurrent. Thinkin of those bonefish flats and redfish haunts nearby—another reminder to fight for our swamp access.

And get this, fly anglers just scored big wins: miles of new public water access, a Georgia swamp mining saga endin with public fishin on the table, and a fresh federal directive reshapin Interior lands for better huntin and fishin, all laid out by MidCurrent. More spots to wet a line without trespassin signs starin ya down.

Thats the latest keepin our casts sharp, brothers and sisters. Thanks for tunin in—come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for me check out Quiet Please Dot A I. Tight lines!

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