- Every spring and fall the Michigan Department of Natural Resources gives the public a chance to own a state-owned gas and oil lease right. Get your checkbook out for the May 8th lease rights auction.
- If you find yourself in the area be sure to check out the 2012 Washington Fly Fishing Fair on May 4th and 5th. Seminars include”Fly Fish Hawaii” and “Bronzebacks on the Fly”.
- Juan Ramirez, of the Hopper Juan, reports that Ghillies Fly Shop in Colorado Springs has closed its doors.
- Within a year the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has restored the trout fishery on South Twin Lake. The ODFW restocked the lake after a fish kill with 2,500 rainbow trout in the 2- to 10-pound range.

