I was headed for Rufus Woods to fish with a friend on Tuesday. I left early enough to make a detour to Billy Clapp Lake to check on the dock and launch. I was very pleased to see the dock floating and the ramp usable. Billy Clapp is on my list of places I like to fish in the early spring. My friends and I have had some great mornings here, trolling for rainbow trout. Billy Clapp typically is planted with several thousand catchable rainbow every year, and it also receives thousands of kokanee fry. I have found the trout fishing best in the early season, and we have had good success trolling a variety of crank baits. The fish are usually shallow then, and we either flatline them behind the boat, or on side planers. I have to admit that we have been disappointed in the trout fishing the past two seasons, but you never know when it could turn out to be great again. We also like to try for the kokanee in Billy Clapp. We usually don’t catch a bunch, but they are often fifteen inches in length or even larger. We do our kokanee fishing in July.