Yearly Archives:: 2014

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 31st August 108 rods recorded 215 trout for the week for a rod average 2 Anglers report seeing plenty of trout moving last week to good hatches of claret & olive buzzers with these hatches increasing during the late afternoon & into the evening, not surprising therefore we experienced… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 24th August 112 rods recorded 271 trout for the week for a rod average 2.4 Swallows & martins have worked the water all week it’s not surprising therefore that Daddy, cdc, shipman’s buzzer & hopper patterns have stood out this week with claret for the cdc and shipman’s patterns… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 17th August 68 rods recorded 122 trout for the week for a rod average 1.8 A windy week kept rods off the water at times, but the bonus was the cooler weather the wind bought with it helping to reduce our surface water temperature to 18 degrees and towards… Read more »

Thornton 01530 230807 At last the cooler conditions have arrived with our surface temperature these last two mornings at a fish friendly 18.5degrees resulting in a dramatic upturn in the fishing with yesterdays rod average at a much improved 3 fish per rod. Russ Martin fished the morning session fishing along the weed beds of… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 3rd August 60 rods recorded 39 trout for the week for a rod average 0.7 It has been a difficult weeks fishing at Thornton with the surface temperature topping 22c degrees, the good news as I write is the temperature at all FM(UK) venues is at long last on… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807   Weekly Report ending 13th July   66 rods recorded 101 trout for the week for a rod average 1.5   Cooler mornings are generally fishing best with the deeper water producing best. With the warmer weather most anglers are reaching for their sinking lines with booby, blob and damsel patterns however… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807  Weekly Report ending 6th July 94 rods recorded 98 trout for the week for a rod average 1.0 A difficult weeks fishing at Thornton with the morning generally fishing best with the cooler deeper water in front of the main dam and orange buoys the area to be. Water does have a… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 29th  June 88 rods recorded 106 trout for the week for a rod average 1.2 The cooler showery weather this past week has helped to clear the water. Early part of last week a fast sinking line with booby or damsel patterns fished best however by the weekend the… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 22nd June 100 rods recorded 298 trout for the week for a rod average 2.9 Deep water around the orange buoys & in front of the dam is fishing best to anglers using fast sinking lines short leaders with boobies or damsel patterns or floating lines with 20ft+ leaders with… Read more »

Thornton    01530 230807  Weekly Report ending 16th June 86 rods recorded 266 trout for the week for a rod average 3.1 A better week for us with anglers finding the majority of the trout in the deeper water around the orange buoys & in front of the dam with anglers on the drift with a… Read more »