Monthly Archives:: August 2013

Thornton Weekly update week ending 25th August Conditions continue to improve with a favourable weather forecast for the fishing as we leave summer and move into the autumn Every evening this past week we have seen hatches of the large claret buzzer, some evening the hatches have been great the best we have seen for… Read more »

Thornton Weekly update week ending 18th August Fishing at Thornton continues to improve with cooler water temperatures & the more seasonal air temperatures been favourable for trout fishing our water clarity is good as are the reservoir water levels. With the water temperature closer to 16 degrees the trout have moved up in the water… Read more »

Thornton Weekly update week ending 11th August At last with cooler air and water temperatures we are starting to see an improvement in the fishing with trout starting to move in the upper layers of the reservoir once again. Floating lines with buzzer, damsel & dries are once again starting to take fish, with anglers… Read more »

Thornton Weekly update week ending  4th August These past 3 weeks with its heat wave which at times pushed the surface water temperature to above 22 degrees as understandably took its toll on the fishing, however these last few days and the cooler forecast for this week has enabled us to stock which should improve… Read more »