Northumbrian Water Go Fishing       
Ranger's Weekly Fishing Review       

Fishery: Grassholme      
       
Date: 21/03/2008      
       
       
Number of rods:  240  
Number of trout taken: 
   rainbows 741  
   browns    
   blues  57  
Total number of trout taken :  798  
Rod average:    3.30  
       
Best brown:       
       
Best rainbow:    4lb 8oz, S Allen  
       
Best blue:    4lb, D Thompson    
Number of fish re-stocked:  700  
       
Number of anglers to date:  240  
Total number of fish taken to date: 798  
Largest rainbow of the season so far: 4lb 8oz  
Largest blue of the season so far: 4lb    
Largest brown of the season so far:       
       
       
Ranger's review:       
       
A cracking start to 2008 with fish well spread out and many fish in the 2 - 3lb range being caught. This gave anglers some tremendous sport with a good sprinkling of blues to spice things up, the best of which was a magnificently conditioned fish of 4lb caught by Derek Thompson who  thought he had hooked a submarine with the fight the fish put up!         
Fish appear to be well spread through the water depths as is shown by the variety of successful  methods with catches taken on float fished worm and ledgered Powerbait fished on a long trace of  3 - 4 feet.  All this despite gale force winds making bites hard to detect at times. These winds also  made it very difficult for fly anglers to cast as the wind funnelled down the reservoir.  Those who  braved the conditions took some nice trout using intermediate or slow sink lines. From the start of April we will be stocking some home grown very large fish and there will be a reward of a free  day's fishing for the captor of the heaviest fish each month .        
       
Best flies:    Black Fritz, Dawson's Olive, Viva.   
       
Best baits:    Orange Powerbait & worm cocktail with Magic Dust in feeder.       
       
Best areas:    Lodge front, Witch's Hat, Low Rigg bank.       
       
Steve Bisset