clearwater-river

Clearwater River is a river in Idaho.

It ranks #21 among the 28 waters of Idaho in the registry, and is of regional prominence.

Fished for steelhead and trout.

Species: steelhead, rainbow trout and westslope cutthroat.

USGS GNIS record: 379406.

Stretches: Lower Clearwater, Middle Fork Clearwater and South Fork Clearwater.

Confluences: Selway-Lochsa Confluence.

North Fork Confluence (confluence). Tribal members only.

Airport Run (hole). It is fishable. A swing run on the Clearwater that a Dakota Angler & Outfitter trip report (December 2013) fished for steelhead; one member of the party hooked a fish there on the last morning. The report does not say which town it sits near, only that the group fished around Orofino and stopped at the Red Shed fly shop, so its position is NOT recorded and it is left unlinked to either stretch. Single source, ten

Sourced from 4 independent fly sites.

Sources: aardvarkmcleod.com (retrieved 2026-10-20), cdn.orvis.com (retrieved 2026-10-20), flyfishsd.com (retrieved 2026-10-20), Idaho Department of Fish and Game (retrieved 2026-10-20), outdoorlife.com (retrieved 2026-10-20), Outdoors International (retrieved 2026-10-20), The Perfect Fly Store (retrieved 2026-10-20), The Perfect Fly Store (2) (retrieved 2026-10-20), riverdancelodge.com (retrieved 2026-10-20) and wildsteelheaders.org (retrieved 2026-10-20).

Access, closures and rules change; check with the state agency before you go.