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Thornton weekly report week ending 31st July 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Our surface water temperature is dropping & is below 19 degrees allowing us to restock all three reservoirs in the group this week, (stocking occurred 2 August) The deeper cooler water in front of the stones, green bay & dam has generally… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 3rd  July 2016 Tel: 01530 230807 With the water clarity improving and our water temperature at 17.5 degrees our fishing improved from the week before although it’s fair to say, no two days fished the same. Our rod average for the week was 1.8 Generally mornings are producing best with… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 26th June Tel: 01530 230807 A tough week for us at Thornton, the showers when they came were at times torrential. We have however been left with a brown algae which has made the fishing difficult at times, reflected in a rod average of 1.0 We are fortunate to have… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 19th June Tel: 01530 230807 Unsettled weather for most of last week, with heavy downpours towards the end of the week which pushed up the water level in the reservoir, on this occasion our clarity remained good at 6ft, the bonus of the influx of water was the reduced surface… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 12th June Tel: 01530 230807 Although it was great to feel the sun on your back last week the bright conditions and high temperatures quickly pushed the surface water temperature up and by Thursday we registered a surface water temperature of 21 degrees, not surprising therefore the trout moved off… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 5th June Tel: 01530 230807 For most of last week we had ideal conditions, overcast with a breeze resulting in great surface sport, by the weekend the forecast indicated warmer brighter conditions which arrived, however most anglers still caught their fish high in the water. Monday T Pegg used cruncher… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 29th May Tel: 01530 230807 A week of top of the water sport, with buzzers & dries working best with some anglers enjoying exciting sport fishing a muddler pulled through the wave. With our water temperature at 15 degrees we had the first of the damsel flies emerging not surprising therefore… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 22nd May Tel: 01530 230807 A much better week for us at Thornton, although the weather forecast wasn’t great at times the fishing was good returning a rod average of 4.0 for the week Large hatches of buzzer, overcast conditions resulted in the fish feeding on or near the surface… Read more »

  Thornton weekly report week ending 16th May Tel: 01530 230807 Thornton returned a rod average of 2.9 for the week A bit of a mixture this week, some anglers have caught on sinking lines with booby, orange tadpole, damsel patterns especially during the first half of the day with anglers fishing the afternoon session… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 8th May Tel: 01530 230807 A bit of a mixed week with the rod average at 2.6, combination of strong winds & an algae bloom. As you would expect for early May the trout are well spread throughout the fishery with anglers catching from the Farm bank to the corner… Read more »