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Evelyn Kaide, who has run the Guide Shop in Orofino for more than 20 years, takes time to land a spring Chinook salmon on the Clearwater River. Kaide said she has not seen such dismal steelhead returns, or weathered a closure as dire as the one this year.

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Reeling from some major ripple effects Steelhead fishery closure on Clearwater and Snake rivers will take economic toll
October 17, 2019 1 a.m.

Reeling from some major ripple effects Steelhead fishery closure on Clearwater and Snake rivers will take economic toll

Evelyn Kaide doesn’t know what to tell people, or even what to think, about the unprecedented state of B-run steelhead that return to the Clearwater River.