Although Rufus Woods Reservoir gets most of its attention from anglers in the fall and winter, there is some good fishing to be had in the summer months. My friends and I have had good success doing combo rainbow and walleye fishing trips on the upper reservoir. We will troll downstream between the upper and middle net pens with bottom bouncers and spinners baited with nightcrawlers and catch both walleye and rainbow while doing this. We are usually check the Garmin fish finder for about 50 feet of water and troll fast enough to keep our baits on the bottom and the rod tips bouncing. We also see anglers jigging or trolling on the Nespelem Bar, just across from the upper net pens. I like to launch the Bob Feil Boats and Motors Smoker Craft Phantom at the middle net pens and fire up the Mercury 250 for a quick run up the river. There are times when we are short on time and fish from the shore at the middle pens or cast Power Bait to the bottom just below the upper pens. We can usually get multiple limits of triploids in less than an hour doing this.