Fishing Guides and Trips Steelhead on Big Rivers Idaho s ocean-going steelhead rank among the world s premier sports fish. These are fish with enough fighting power to swim 1,800 miles through eight dams to the ocean and back again. Idaho outfitters offer trips in drift and jet boats on the Clearwater River, the Salmon River and on the Snake River in Hells Canyon. Ask about sturgeon fishing or chukar hunting combined with these trips.
Seasons are fall and early spring.
Fly fishing on Remote Rivers and Streams Even before writer Ernest Hemingway fished with celebrities and friends for rainbow and brown trout on Silver Creek near Sun Valley, Idaho s fly fishing has been famous. Anglers wade in the flat, wide Henry s Fork of the Snake to cast for 20-28 inch rainbow trout. The upper St. Joe River holds some of the finest native cutthroat fishing in the state. Many river running companies emphasize fly fishing on their Salmon, Selway and Lochsa River trips. Monster chinook and kokanee salmon are found in Coeur d Alene Lake.