Northumbrian Water Go Fishing      
Ranger's Weekly Fishing Review      

Fishery: Scaling     
      
Date: 13/04/2008     
      
Number of rods:  82 
Number of trout taken: 
   rainbows 375 
   blues  4 
   browns  0 
Total number of trout taken :  379 
Rod average:    4.60      
Best brown:      
Best Blue    1lb 9oz 
Best Rainbow    3-4lbs (several)       
Number of fish re-stocked:       
Number of anglers to date:  355 
Total number of fish taken to date: 879 
Largest rainbow of the season so far: 6lbs 0oz 
Largest blue of the season so far 1lb 9oz 
Largest brown of the season so far:      
      
Ranger's review:       
Anglers at Scaling Dam have enjoyed the best week of the season so far. By mid-week the fish were in a feeding frenzy and the rod average reached 6.3 on a couple of days!!  Many anglers were taking their limits in a couple of hours.  With no particular hot spot, as the fish are well spread out, all areas of the reservoir were in top form.  All of the popular baits, worm, Powerbait and maggot were tempting fish consistantly throughout the week.      
Fly anglers also had great results, mainly at the Eastern end of the lake. Montana, Damsel Nymph both tempted lots of fish, but the top pattern is still the Dawson's Olive fished slowly and very deep.      
Best catch:    Several limits of 16lbs to 19lbs.       
Best flies:    Damsel, Montana and Dawson's Olive.       
Best baits:    Worm, Powerbait and maggot.       
Best areas:    All areas fishing well.    
      
Derek Gill