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Thornton Weekly Fishing Report. Tel: 01530 230807   email: lodge@flyfishthornton.co.uk  Web Site www.flyfishthornton.co.uk Online Shop www.flyfishstore.co.uk Fishery Report: Week Ending: 9th February 2020 First full week of the season produced a weekly rod average of 4.8 with some individual days returning an average of 7+ When fishing catch and release please ensure you de barb the… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Fishing Report. Tel: 01530 230807   email: lodge@flyfishthornton.co.uk Web Site www.flyfishthornton.co.uk Online Shop www.flyfishstore.co.uk Fishery Report: Week Ending: 2nd February 2020 Windy conditions greeted the opening day anglers, with bank and boat anglers fishing the shelter they could find within the Thornton arm opposite the lodge. The second day of the season provided better… Read more »

Thornton Opens 1st February 2020 01530 2308o7 Boats for opening day are fully booked, If your coming to fish the bank be sure to bring waders Early season the fish usually hug the bank opposite the lodge, down in front of the wood towards the lonesome pine, the bank can at times out fish the… Read more »

Thornton Fishery News 7th January 2020   Tel 01530 230807 2020 Opening Date 1st February Bank Fishing & Lodge opens from 7.30am with boats available from 8.30am Following a mild wet winter we will enter the 2020 season with the water level at the full mark, first time for a couple of seasons. Bank fishing… Read more »

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 »