Posts Categorised: Reports

Thornton weekly report week ending 23rd  October 2016  Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Our water temperature has dropped below 10 degrees & our water clarity is good, with the trout well on the fry, with this week’s rod average 2.0 No one area is fishing better than another, a few days last week saw the… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 9th October 2016  Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre With our water temperature down to 12 degrees the trout are moving out of the deeper water towards the banks and the weed beds to feed on the large shoals of coarse fish fry. Although the trout are on the fry its generally… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 3rd October 2016  Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre It’s certainly had the hint of autumn this past week, noticeably cooler in the morning and late evening but with reasonable daytime temperatures. Water clarity is improving with our water temperature this week around 14 degrees. Noticeably this week we saw an… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 25th September 2016  Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Better weeks fishing despite the algae, we had enough of a breeze, wind at times to push the algae out of the way leaving us with reasonable clear water. Daddies was the most successful fly of the week, followed by olive buzzer,… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 18th September 2016  Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre On the two overcast days Monday & Friday sport picked up nicely with fish moving freely and taking dries, emergers & muddlers. On the other brighter days algae remained a problem. With this week’s forecast giving cloud and cooler air temperatures we… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 5th September 2016  Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre We had a mixed weeks fishing with the algae persisting although the breeze most days led areas of clear water. During most of the week mornings fished best with anglers catching on intermediate lines with orange blobs down to fast sinking lines… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 29th  August 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Warmer weather at the start of the week once again drove our surface temperature towards 19 degrees and with it the algae bloom increased. By the weekend our water temperature was once again down to below 18 degrees, but our algae bloom… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 21st August 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Water temperature crept up during the week at one point it pushed 20 degrees, however the windy, cooler unsettled weather over the weekend kept rods off the water it did help reduce the water temperature, by Sunday morning we were at 17 degrees… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 15th August 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Surface water temperatures in the main hovered at 18.5c last week, considering it August that’s cool for  us, combined with overcast conditions, stiff breeze & cool nights we enjoyed a far better weeks fishing with our rod average at 1.8 Surprising for… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 8th August 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Our surface temperature was all over the place this week, Monday to Thursday 18.5C by the weekend it was 20.5C and by today (Tuesday 9th) its dropping again down to 19C, this up and down water temperatures does little to promote consistent… Read more »