Posts Categorised: Reports

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 12th April 2015 Typical April weather, nice one minute, cold, wet & windy next. On the better days boat & bank anglers caught well along the Thornton Arm & wood however by Friday anglers were reporting large numbers of trout feeding on ever improving buzzer hatches down the… Read more »

  Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 5th April 2015 Excellent fishing to the start of Easter, the improving weather conditions certainly helped with 636 trout caught for a rod average 7.4   Boat & bank anglers have enjoyed the good fishing with many of the fish caught within 20 yards of the bank…. Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 29th March 2015 Monday to Friday of last provided good fishing conditions and excellent sport however with a windy forecast over Saturday & Sunday we took the decision to not allow any boats out. On the fishable days last week a total of 496 trout were caught for… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807   Weekly Report Week ending 22nd March 2015 Fishing continues to improve with 102 rods last week catching 678 trout for a rod average 6.6 with boat and bank anglers enjoying the good sport. Last week I reported that the Mallard & Claret had worked for one bank angler, this week Simon… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 16th March 2015 Improving weeks fishing for us as the water clarity continues to improve day by day with the rod average jumping to 3.1 this week Wednesday was the significant day from then onwards our catches improved. The trout are close in on the margins opposite the… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807   Weekly Report Week ending 22th February Heavy rain has had an impact on the water clarity reducing the rod average from 3.1 the week before to 1.1 this past week Bank anglers are enjoying the best of the sport with the shallows opposite the lodge, wood bank & down the Markfield… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report Week ending 8th February The 2015 season at Thornton opened on the 1st February. Despite the cold wind and a third of the reservoir covered by ice most of last week the main catching area opposite the lodge and wood bank has remained ice free. Not surprising with the cold… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807  Weekly Report  The 2015 season at Thornton opened on the 1st February. The weather forecast had a number of people cancel their booking but on the day we eventually had far better weather than expected, although cold the winds were notably less than expected. The snow melt during the middle of the… Read more »

75 acre Thornton opens 1st February 2015 Thornton is one of the earliest midland reservoir to open. Main Car Park, Lodge & Bank fishing open from 7.30am Boats available from 8.30am If your coming to fish the bank we recommend you bring waders. All our boats are rowing boats you can bring your own electric… Read more »

Thornton, the 2014 season has drawn to a close, review of the year to follow Opening Day 2015 1st February 2015