They're involved in so many activities, they can't afford to have an expensive toy for each one. Eggleston started a jet-boat rental service this summer to open the river to the masses. An angler who takes off in a boat can get lonesome trolling for steelhead downstream from Lewiston. Catfish and smallmouth bass have never seen lures in stretches downstream from Lower Granite Dam. Ducks snooze in some of the sloughs.
Pheasants die of old age.
One of Eggleston's customers is a utility worker who must spend some nights in Lewiston-Clarkston motels. Instead of sitting in his motel room at night, he rents a boat and a trolling motor and spends the early evening night-fishing for steelhead. Aardvark's Adventure Co. has a rental fleet of nine 19-foot aluminum jet boats. The boats are equipped with 175-horse engines. Electric trolling motors are optional.