I got excited when I heard that the Colville Tribe had released a bunch of triploids into Rufus Woods. Earlier this spring they released thousands of them into the upper reservoir, and I took a few boat loads of my fishing friends up there. We had a ball catching and releasing rainbow that were from about a pound-and-a-half to two pounds. The recent release was of over 16,000 fish, weighing an average of 1.6 pounds, and included some jumbos of 8 to 9 pounds. The jumbos were put in the reservoir at Seatons Grove, the State Park and Willow Flats. I thought I could run up there and find these big ones and get a few for the smoker. I had Rollie Schmitten and Jim Passage along and had them believing I could put them on these big fish. Well, I was wrong. I looked all over the lower end and even off Brandts Landing and never did find them. There were anglers trolling the middle of reservoir and catching fish. One guy said he had a 10-pounder. I should have run up to the top end above the middle net pens like the last time. I really goofed on this one.