Thornton weekly report week ending 27th Sept 2015

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Weekly Report Week ending 27th September 2015

Again this week a lot of fish to be seeing feeding but at times preoccupied on feeding on one specific fly, size & colour. Shipmans buzzer black in a size 14 worked well as did size 14 & 16 dries, however when we had a bit of a breeze daddies also worked but not fished static.

Fry patterns on an intermediate also worked with the bunny leach & snake patterns best.

Stones up to green bay & along the dam wall produced best but we are starting to see fry feeding in front of the lodge and up into the arms.

With the surface water temp down to 14 degrees it will encourage more fish to start on the large shoals of coarse fish fry we have this year.

Peter Wrigley caught 3lb8oz rainbow,  Nev Welsh 3lb10oz, Trevor Pegg caught 9 to 3lb2oz, Adrian Free 3lb6oz rainbow, Matt Cairns fished a diawl bach to take his 3lb with Richard Dayman and Norman Perkins sharing a boat and catching 10 fish each on a washing line to 5lb, Bill Holland fished the last four hours fishing a size 14 klinkhammer to take 3 fish to 4lb12oz,Terry Green caught 2 fish 4lb12oz and 3lb8oz with David Price taking a rainbow of 3lb12oz, Mark Hunt caught 4lb while Brian Sibley recorded a 5lb rainbow with J Quinn 4lb rainbow and Dave Skudder 4lb4oz rainbow.

September & October can be very good months for us lets hope the weather is right and we get to enjoy an Indian summer

Rod average for the week was 1.9

Water temperature for most of the week was 14 degrees

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If your interested in joining us on our Alaska fishing trip in 2016 the camp dates are July 16 2016 – July 23rd 2016, we can advise you on the best flights, places to stay in Anchorage and full tackle and clothing required for your weeks fishing with Dave Duncan & Sons, full details on the Thornton fishery website www.flyfishthornton.co.uk/fishing-trips/