Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 14th April 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Despite the cold easterly winds we enjoyed a rod average of 4.0 last week with the majority of fish taken on floating, midge tip or intermediate lines. On the colder days a Sink3 or fast sinking line did work best, it was a case… Read more »
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Week ending 7th April
Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 7th April 2019 Tel 01530 230807 The first week of April and it had us all pulling on an extra layer of clothing with the strong cold North Easterly. Not surprising therefore rod numbers were low for the week. Despite the cold wind we had good buzzer… Read more »
Week ending 31st March
Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 31st March 2019 Tel 01530 230807 A very mixed weeks fishing at Thornton with anglers reporting seen fish feeding on the improving buzzer hatches along the stones & in the evening from the corner of the wood. Anglers found the fish they could see moving difficult to temp with some… Read more »
Fishing report week ending 17th March
Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 17th March 2019 Tel 01530 230807 A week of unusually constant strong winds which has kept the boats off the water & anglers off the bank for most of last week. We desperately needed the rain to fill the reservoirs after a dry winter, that was the only good point… Read more »
Fishing Report Week ending 11th March
Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 11th March 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Strong winds at times last week kept the boats on the pontoon and made bank fishing near impossible, however on the better days we enjoyed excellent spring sport with the rod average for the week a respectable 5.9 Tuesday All Water Members Paul Havard… Read more »
Thornton weekly report 3rd March
Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 3rd March 2019 Tel 01530 230807 An excellent weeks fishing with the February weather being kind for us, with bank and boat anglers enjoying the excellent early season sport with a 6.7 rod average The area opposite the lodge continues to produce but it was noticeable this week that the… Read more »
Fishing report week ending 24th February
Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 24th February 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Were enjoying a good spell of weather which is allowing our rods to enjoy some excellent sport from the bank and boats. The bank is still enjoying the best of the sport with the fish running close to the margins opposite the lodge… Read more »
Thornton Weekly report 18 February
Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 18th February 2019 Tel 01530 230807 The weather was a little kinder this week, a couple of early morning frosts with the sun clearing that by 9.30am. Intermediate, mid-range & fast sinking fly lines with black and green lures, orange blob, boobies and damsel have caught with the warmest part… Read more »
Weekly fishing report week ending 10th February
Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 10th February 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Thornton 2019 season opened on the 1st February. The opening 10 days has given us a variety of weather with ice, strong winds, rain and some mild weather, a proper mixed bag. As we would expect the majority of the trout were caught opposite… Read more »
Thornton 2019 Season
Happy New Year to you all Thornton opens for the 2019 season on the 1st February 2019. Tel 01530 230807 No price increase for 2019 We are taking bookings but as were out repairing boats & undertaking general winter maintenance if you can’t get us on the phone you can email us at lodge@flyfishthornton.co.uk with… Read more »