The Spokane River is an extremely diverse stream that greatly ranges in size and depth due to a series of dams stretching from Idaho to Lake Roosevelt. Long free-flowing stretches cut from the Idaho state line all the way through the Spokane area until Nine Mile Falls.
Water ranges from extremely deep holes to a whitewater pocket fishery.
While there is a great diversity of species throughout the river, the species of choice are rainbow and brown trout. Wild rainbows range in length from an average of 12-13 inches, to fish well into the 20's. Browns, while much less common that the rainbows, also grow to very respectable sizes. Chances of hooking numbers of large fish here are good, especially from the state line to the Spokane Valley, and also from the Monroe Street Bridge to Nine Mile Falls. For the most part, the Spokane is unwadable due to its size, but some places along the river can afford wading access.