Aluminum hatch = the day the kill season opens on the Clearwater River and the jet boat traffic and boat wakes make wade fishing unpleasant, if not hazardous for a few days

Fishin' the worm = a marabou streamer fly

Bait = wet flies

Portable sauna = neoprene waders

High percentage water = where steelhead live

Tar Heel Season = 365 days/year

Skinny water = too shallow to hold steelhead or too shallow to float through

Too thick to fish and too thin to plough = the river is "out"