Looking back a year ago, I came across a photo of my fishing buddy Dennis Beich with a nice rainbow he landed on Rufus Woods Reservoir. This is usually the time of year that the Colville Tribe makes releases of triploids into Rufus. We hit the reservoir right after there had been a release of thousands of them. I launched at the middle net pens and then ran up a ways and watched my depth sounder until I found a good mass of fish on the screen. We tied on either marabou jigs or plastics, pinched the barbs down and had a blast catching and releasing trout. I got a notice that indicated that the releases have begun, and that as many as 25,000 were released recently. The average weight of the trout was just over a pound, which I believe is smaller than many of the previous plants. This is just one of several plants that the tribe typically does in the spring. Some of the releases are of a smaller number but of much larger fish. I have announced a derby that is being conducted by the tribe, and these releases should spark interest in participating.