Stlhdh2o-
Sorry about the spelling mistake on your name; obviously spelling isn't my strong suit.

Clearly the largest Dolly Varden/bull trout are the adfluvial fish. While genetically most of our populations are bull trout they will always be a "Dolly" when I have a rod in my hand.

The World record was a fish from Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho weighing an amazing 32 pounds and it was 40.5 inches long. The Washington state record is 22.5#s and was 35 inches long and it came from the Tieton River (trib to Rimrock Lake, Yakima system). I believe the Oregon record is in the low 20s as well, it was from Billy Chinook Resevoir. You notice that all these fish were much heavier than steelhead of similar length. In local waters I have see the same thing with most of the large fish that have recovered from spawning.

It would not surprise me to hear of fish go into the teens moving out of the reservoirs on the Elwha.

Tight lines
Smalma