North 40 Fly Shop eMagazine October 2015 | Page 12

I

was more than eager to swing for Steelhead
on the Clearwater River this past Monday.
The thought of throwing long casts with
traditional flies on dry lines and getting
pulls from aggressive steelhead made me
a bit giddy. The thirty two hours we put in
on the floor during the grand opening of
the Lewiston Idaho N40 Outfitters went by
like a slack tide. While we were in the store,
river reports were coming in. Fish counts
were good. On Friday, the flows were over
6000cfs and temps were averaging 54
degrees. Cornfed went out early on Saturday
morning and swung four steelhead on a
skater. I could already feel that first big pull.
Unable to take it after work, we went out
Saturday night with Captain Calvin. While
back trolling two boats tied together and
loaded with people, Calvin put the crew on
two steelhead and a beautiful King Salmon
in complete darkness. Knowing those fish
were out there made me want to swing
even more during daylight hours.