B.A., it says you live in a Ford? (Homeport in profile). That leads to the question of how you pronounce your moniker. Ah, is it Bellingha mangler or Bellingham angler? OK, that was lame, sorry. ... The Clearwater R. is gorgeous and undoubtedly will be great to fish for spring kings, as it is for the big Dworshak strain steelhead. What I know would be awesome is opening the mainstem Salmon R. for springers! I figure they will have a season on the Little Salmon R. up near Riggins again, but unlike those other two the lower to mid sections of the Salmon are in an awesome scenic roadless area. Jetsled up or float down into "paradise"! And there should be a lot of hatchery springers going to the upper river to the Stanley basin hatchery near the foothills of the Sawtooth mountains. I've seen them up there in the ponds after swimming over 900 miles, and still in fairly good condition. Let us know if they have a finclip season there too. And would it be a June peak for that fishing, or do they scoot up there fast enough for a May peak? Lots of big trout and sturgeon up in there too. That would be as special of a wilderness fishing trip as going most anywhere you could in AK or BC! Someone 'sign me up' for that.

RT