Trout, you're not the first person on this BB to confuse Clearwater rivers. Keep in mind that the one usually referred to here is on the Olympic Peninsula and is a tributary of the Queets River. So far as Idaho's Clearwater, two 18s and a 20 make for a fairly satisfying trip. Your experience pretty much typifies the run over here this season -- there weren't scads of fish, but there were some nice ones.