Welcome rain for most of last week has put the levels up at Thornton we are currently just over 2ft down, and still rising, water clarity is still good. The rain as welcome as it was kept the rods away with only 72 rods fishing last week, however the rods who put on the warm… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: April 2012
Thornton fishing report week ending 15/04/2012
Despite the changeable weather and the bitterly cold north wind we enjoyed a reasonable weeks fishing with 124 rods catching 422 trout for a rod average 3.4. Water clarity is as good as it gets with visibility easily 12ft+. Trout spooned have bloodworm, buzzers daphnia in them with increasing numbers of buzzer on the water… Read more »
Thornton fishing report week ending 08/04/2012
A massive change in the weather, with the rain most welcome, helping to raise the level at Thornton. Last week the weather kept the rods off the water but the 84 rods who ventured out caught 236 trout for a rod average 2.8. With the colder weather sinking lines with booby, blobs & fritz worked… Read more »
Thornton fishing report week ending 01/04/2012
148 rods caught 466 trout returning 155 for a rod average 3.1 The warm spell last week certainly helped with good buzzer hatches during the day, in the main small black buzzers with the black blakestone size 14 buzzer working well. Fish spooned have large numbers of small buzzers & daphnia in them. The trout… Read more »