In spite of reports that fishing at Rufus Woods was not worth the trip, my father-in-law Dave Wooldridge, his son-in-law Tom Vershuren and I tried it anyway. Dave had never caught a triploid and was eager to give Rufus Woods a shot. We got on the water at about one in the afternoon and started trolling our flies along the eastern shore, just up from the boat ramp. We started catching fish almost immediately, and found the area near some sunken rocks the best place to fish. Every time we trolled over this spot we got a hit or caught-and-released a fish. We wound up catching-and-releasing 12 to 15 triploids ranging in size from 12 to 16 inches in about three hours. Not exactly the hot fishing anglers experienced last fall, but still definitely worth the trip. We did keep a few and are anxious to put them on the barbeque. Also of interest to many anglers in Central Washington is the early opening of Chinook salmon fishing off the coast. They moved up the opener to give anglers a shot at the kings before the silvers arrive, as they could be scarce this year. Sport anglers will be able to catch 20,000 Chinook this year, compared to just 16,500 last season.