Monthly Archives:: March 2013

Thornton Update 28/03/2013 Weather at last and in time for Easter is improving with the air temperature today well above where it has been, actually today was the warmest day we have had since we opened. Our water clarity is the best its been since we opened in early February with Dave Pritchard catching 6… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report week ending 24/03/2013 Somebody needs to tell the weather it’s officially Spring! Another week when the cold weather has kept anglers off the bank & out of the boats with only 32 rods fishing, they did however attain a rod average of 3.9. Good sport considering the conditions. With the water temperature… Read more »

Thornton Update 14/03/2013 With Thornton six weeks into our season having opened in early February is now fishing as we would expect with the rod average this week at an excellent 5.6 Its a shame anglers are taking too much notice of the weather man as on many days the actual weather has been far… Read more »

Thornton weekly fishing report week ending 10/02/2013 Despite the weather forecast Thornton is enjoying a far better March with 69 rods catching 400 trout for rod average 5.8 Bank and boat anglers are catching with the shallows opposite the lodge, wood bank & wood bank corner fishing best, not surprising as these areas offer the… Read more »

Fishing report week ending 03/03/2013 With our water clarity continuing to improve the fishing gets better & better   Last week 75 rods caught 268 trout for rod average 3.6   Bank anglers can often enjoy the best of the sport this time of year as the majority of the trout are taken within yards… Read more »