Soft Hackle--

Sounds like you had a great trip.

Having fished Roosevelt extensively when I lived in Spokane, I can say that you probably did hook a chinook. There are two sources for these: one is the flow of downstream migrants from Coeur d'Alene and the other is from the run of landlocked fish in the lake. There are not many of them, but they're there. There are also chinook in Long Lake between C d'A and Roosevelt. They make a spawning run, I've been told, into the Little Spokane as well as to the dam just above Long Lake.

I hadn't heard about the Atlantics, but I know some of the tributaries of Roosevelt have browns in them. My guess is that the fish was a brown, as the state is pretty cautious about planting Atlantics where they could get to the ocean.

The kokanee in Roosevelt are unbelievable. The largest I've caught was about five pounds, but there are or were bigger fish than that. These fish are really footballs-- a fillet comes off almost square the fish are so deep.

The kokanee this time of the year are fairly deep, and the best place I know to catch them is at Keller's Ferry down by the dam.

Keith