Yearly Archives:: 2019

Thornton Fishery News 9th December 2019 Tel 01530 230807 2020 Opening Date 1st February We are taking bookings for the 2020 season with group discounts available for angling clubs & associations. 2020 Membership  Details on membership at Thornton www.flyfishthornton.co.uk/prices/1020-2/ & our All Water Membership www.flyfishdraycote.co.uk/prices/season-permits/   Further details email lodge@flyfishthornton.co.uk Christmas Gift Vouchers Our Gift Vouchers… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 10th November 2019 Tel 01530 230807 And yet more rain. With the reservoir starting to get some level of clarity we had yet more rain towards the end of the week which once again raised the water level bringing with it reduced clarity. As we enter our last week of… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 3rd November 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Not a great deal to report, the clarity was starting to improve during the early part of the week with anglers starting to find a few trout mainly on lures & then we had the rain on Friday & Saturday! The reservoir is once… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 13th October 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Good sport continues at Thornton it’s a case of watching the weather and picking the good weather days, we use XC Weather app put in Thornton post code LE67 1AR we find its pretty good with the 24hr to 48hr period. The reservoir level… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 6th October 2019 Tel 01530 230807 It certainly rained at the beginning of last week, enough rain to raise the water level by 6ft during a 48hr period. We are lucky that the fields along our two feeder streams have not yet been ploughed, resulting in less dirty water running… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 29th September 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Much Improved. Thornton has started to fish again with a high number of fish which have been in for months showing, these are fish of 2lb+ with the rainbow great tails, super fit looking fish with photos on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/FlyFishStore We are… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 22nd September 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Cooler water conditions and with the algae reducing, still there but nowhere near as bad as the week before, we are seeing an improvement to the fishing with a rod average 1.8 for the week Morning generally best although we are seeing some fish… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 15th September 2019 Tel 01530 230807 The cooler evening has helped to drop our water temperature to 17c, the algae however stubbornly refuses to go which continues to impact on our sport A slight improvement to the fishing this week although at Thornton its still sinking lines with booby &… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 1st September 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Water temperature remained stubbornly high at 20c+ although as I write this report the cooler conditions since Sunday is starting to see the temperature drop if a little slowly. Algae bloom persists which isn’t helping us at all. Generally, the deeper water in front… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 25th August 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Generally a tough week our water temperature remains stubbornly at 19c with the mini bank holiday heatwave not helping. Mornings were the best time to fish with the main car park, dam wall and green bay the only areas that produced. You required a… Read more »