Yearly Archives:: 2017

Thornton weekly report week ending 11th June 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Water temperatures have remained good all week at 15 – 16 degrees. With the cooler water temperatures the trout have moved back up through the water column with the majority of the trout taken this week in the top 3ft. Anglers report… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 28th May 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Another week of continued high water temperatures with the surface temperature between 19 – 20 degrees Long leaders 20ft+ was the way forward with a heavy if sacrificial buzzer on the point with size 14 buzzer on the droppers working best. A… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 28th May 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre The hot spell of weather last week was more like the weather we expect during mid July, not normal weather at all for late May. By Friday the heat had pushed our surface water temperature towards 20 degrees usually for this time… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 21st May 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre This past week’s heavy rain at times did little to encourage anglers out, however we desperately needed the rain. With crops in the field & plenty of leaf on the trees the rain had no effect on our clarity, with water clarity… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 14th May 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Towards the end of the week the wind started to swing out of the east to a more favourable westerly, south westerly. A real mix this last week with trout caught on boobies on a fast sinker to dries on the top… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 7th May 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Yet another week of cold easterly, with anglers reaching for their intermediate and slow sink lines, although anglers who managed to tuck themselves away out of the wind enjoyed good sport on floating lines with the hawthorn fly active in the shelter… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 30th April 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Cold easterly winds all week took a whole degree off the water temperature, dropping the water temperature to 11 degrees. Despite the cold winds buzzers were the dominant pattern with the fish feeding hard on the buzzer hatches. With the cold winds… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 23rd April 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Cold wind at times resulted in not as many fish to be seen moving as you may have expected for late April but the fish were still hard on the buzzer but feeding on them 6ft down with anglers using mid range… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 16th April 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre It has at times this past week been bitterly cold out on the water with the air temperature in single digits, however when the wind dropped usually going into the evening it allowed the air temperature to rise and we had, if… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 9th February 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre With our surface temperature hovering between 11 – 12 degrees our buzzer hatches continue to improve with an evening rise bringing large numbers of fish to the surface. Its that time of year when anglers can pick up fish from all over… Read more »