Guide to Fishing on Upper Rufus Woods

Dave Graybill takes you on a tour of the best fishing areas on upper Rufus Woods Reservoir. Starting above the uppermost net pens where the triploid rainbow trout are raised. The state record for rainbow trout is from Rufus Woods at 25.11.5 ounces, and many fish weighing in double digits are caught every year. The Colville tribe plants over 40,000 triploids in Rufus Wood every year so there’s a good supply of them available to anglers. The best place to fish for them by boat or from shore is shown in this video.