The roller coaster ride of cold snowy weather to sunny and warm is making things interesting for anglers here in Central Washington, and there are some great fishing opportunities when the weather does cooperate. Fishing for big rainbow trout continues to be very good on Lake Roosevelt. There are some big kokanee being taken, too, and there are some early-season walleye being landed as well. Rufus Woods is another water that is attracting a lot of attention in this cold, late spring we’re having. Not only are there very good numbers of triploids being taken for this time of year, there are some whoppers being reported, like the 22-pounder I heard that came from the upper net pens. This could be an excellent end of the season run for steelhead anglers on our local rivers. All of them remain open, if we don’t get hit with heavy runoff after the recent snowstorms. Fishing has really picked up on the Wenatchee River and the Methow should be producing good catches, too. There are fish throughout both of these systems. The Wenatchee is plenty high enough for floating, and pulling plugs would be a great tactic for these aggressive steelhead. I’m not done on the upper Columbia yet either.