Posts Categorised: Reports

Thornton  Weekly Fishing Report w/e Sunday 19th July 2015 Similar to last week, the warm weather has resulted in challenging conditions but the quality of the fish taken has been exceptional with 25% of the week’s catch exceeding 3lb, including some resident fish of 5lb +. Biggest catch was by member Mr White who boated… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807   Weekly Report Week ending 12th July 2015 A bit of a better week for Thornton with the highlight being the quality of the trout caught. Anglers who kept in touch with the lodge and fished the cooler days did best with the majority of the trout caught coming from the deep… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 28th June 2015 Summer has arrived, but we continue to see good numbers of trout moving in the morning & again in the evening although I expect this coming week it will alter with trout moving first thing before moving into the cooler deeper water. This week good… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807   Weekly Report Week ending 21st June 2015 Usually and under normal summer conditions we would be reporting “fast sinking lines & booby” but that’s not the case, far from it. Every morning at 7.30am this past week our surface water temperature was still a very fish friendly 18 degrees with huge… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 14th June 2015 As we near the longest day our water temperature is unusually cool for the time of year at around 16.5degrees we would normally expect it to be pushing 18 degrees or above. Not that were complaining the cooler water has kept any algae bloom at… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 25th May 2015 Water clarity is excellent with large buzzer hatches and daphnia the trout can pick and choose their morsel and are therefore not as easy to catch, it makes for some interesting fishing. Anglers are reporting and we can also see from the lodge large numbers of… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 17th May 2015 Another week when we experienced unseasonable strong winds, however on the days the weather forecast was kind for us we enjoyed excellent fishing with some great evening rise sport resulting in an overall rod average of 3.5 for the week. Mark Hemmings fished the late evening… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 9th May 2015 Despite two very windy days on Tuesday & Wednesday Thornton continues to enjoy a good spring with a rod average of 4.5 for the past week Summer cant be too far off with the arrival of the swifts & the cuckoo this week. With the surface… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 3rd May 2015 Yet another week of changeable weather conditions, from wind to flat calm and fluctuating air temperature from a cool 9 degrees to a pleasant 17 degrees The fishing however has remained good with the rod average for the week at 3.6. We are seeing some… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 28th April 2015 Good weeks fishing at Thornton with the weekly rod average at 4 with the majority of the trout taken falling to buzzer, diawl bach, damsel with some fish taking dries. Trout have moved into the main basin of the reservoir with plenty of trout to… Read more »