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By: tnga
Posted: 12/25/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well my wife asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday this month and it was a no brainer......take the day off work and go fishing for large B-Run Steelhead on the Clearwater River in Orofino, ID....
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By: tnga
Posted: 1/2/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
What a better way to kick off the new year than to spend the day steelhead fishing. So I convinced my friend Steve to brave the sub-zero temps in Spokane and make the 3 hr trip down to Orofino, all a...
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Posted: 4/16/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I was invited to go fishing for steelhead in Idaho with my cousin and a couple of friends from Kamiah and Stites on the Clearwater river last month, Not being an avid steelheader I was reluctant (ha...
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By: tnga
Posted: 10/23/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
First trip of the season for us down on the Clearwater River and we had a lot of anticipation for a great day to kick off the season. There were not a lot of people on the river and that could be bec...
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By: tnga
Posted: 11/20/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took a good friend down to the Clearwater River for a chance to catch a B-run steelhead. However, with low and clear water conditons we found the fishing to be tough. I did catch one keeper and hook...
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By: tnga
Posted: 11/29/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 3 yr old son, along with my brother-in-law, on his first steelhead fishing trip down on Clearwater River. We were there for two days and the first day was nice and sunny but extremely windy, ...
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By: tnga
Posted: 2/21/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Clearwater River for the weekend with two friends and had beautiful weather both days. This time of year attracts a lot of fisherman but we managed to find some good spots even though it was ...
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Posted: 2/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Will finally made my first trip for steelhead this year. I been fishing this river (North Fork) for a couple years and boy is the river low this year. Lots of my old fishing hole were gone from the hu...
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By: soberg
Posted: 1/26/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Worked Friday in the LC Valley and as usual took advantage and fished the area. Headed up to Orofino for the weekend to back troll for Steelhead. I have been reading it has been phenomenal so I had to...
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Posted: 2/13/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First time reporting, long time, pretty much daily visitor of the site. This is a late report for 1/31/14-2/2/14. I hadn't caught a fish since November so I decided for my four days off to take a tr...
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By: soberg
Posted: 2/25/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My nephews wanted to go Steelheading on the Clearwater so we planned the trip weeks ago and here it is. On the way we noticed the main stem was quite cloudy. I was getting a bit concerned, so we heade...
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By: soberg
Posted: 2/25/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday morning got up very early and headed to one of the best spots on the river and we were beat to it by several people. Went back to where I caught the fish Friday eve. Fish from daylight to 10 ...
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By: soberg
Posted: 2/25/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday last day, snowing and coldest morning yet. We all fished a few hours before we headed back to Deer Park. I caught one nice bright fish not long after we started and Jared got his second Steelhe...
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By: soberg
Posted: 3/2/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Worked in Lewiston friday for a few hrs midday so I decided to Head to Orifino and see if I can do as well as last weekend.well I noticed the mainstem Clearwater was muddy and kinda high. Headed to th...
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Posted: 10/6/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had an absolutely fantastic day today fishing Idaho's Clearwater River. I had two customers join me today on a wonderful October Day. Now though October 15th is the catch and release season on the ...
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Posted: 10/26/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We have been experiencing great fishing on the Clearwater River. All our Clearwater River trips are done as an employee of Reel Time Fishing. The team at Reel Time had a great day today averaging 6-10...
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Posted: 10/28/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/24/2016
Hot Spots: 1
We launched above Orofino in a drift boat at first light. Shrimp and plugs worked the best. We landed our first fish before 8am and limited out before lunch with four keepers 32"-36". Absolutely per...
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Posted: 10/28/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/26/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Another day on the river. Again, we launched at first light and boated our first keeper before 8am. A 36" hog was in the net by way of a shrimp rig. Shrimp was the ticket today. Next , I hooked and re...
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Posted: 11/7/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing on Idaho’s Clearwater River has been very good over the past week. The Reel Time Fishing Crew has again been averaging 6-10 Steelhead boated per day, and double digit hookups most days. As us...
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Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had another fantastic day today fishing Idaho's Clearwater River for huge B Run Steelhead. We landed a total of 9 Steelhead and had at least 18 confirmed hook ups. Fish is absolutely fantastic now...
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Posted: 12/11/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great day Idaho's Clearwater River yesterday chasing big beautiful B-Run Steelhead. The river is in prime shape and fishing is good. December and January are two of our most favorite months ...
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Posted: 1/10/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Cold weather means hot fishing on Idaho's Clearwater River. Fishing this past week has been fantastic. Yesterday both Reel Time Fishing boats had double digit days. My boat yesterday put a total of 11...
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Posted: 1/17/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This past week we had a few days of really great fishing and a few days we struggled. The weather this past week was particularly brutal and the days we struggled we were ultimately just fighting the ...
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Posted: 1/23/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing this past week on Idaho's Clearwater River was fantastic. On the Clearwater we fish for Idaho outfitter Reel Time Fishing. With the warmer weather of the week (temps in the low 40's and upper ...
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Posted: 10/27/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We fished from Lewiston to Gibbs Eddy approx 8 miles side drifting yarn balls and pegged corky's soaked in Shrimp Oil landed 11 Steelhead and 1 king with 3 keepers fish were bright and full of fight t...
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