Monthly Archives:: May 2017

Thornton weekly report week ending 28th May 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre The hot spell of weather last week was more like the weather we expect during mid July, not normal weather at all for late May. By Friday the heat had pushed our surface water temperature towards 20 degrees usually for this time… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 21st May 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre This past week’s heavy rain at times did little to encourage anglers out, however we desperately needed the rain. With crops in the field & plenty of leaf on the trees the rain had no effect on our clarity, with water clarity… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 14th May 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Towards the end of the week the wind started to swing out of the east to a more favourable westerly, south westerly. A real mix this last week with trout caught on boobies on a fast sinker to dries on the top… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 7th May 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Yet another week of cold easterly, with anglers reaching for their intermediate and slow sink lines, although anglers who managed to tuck themselves away out of the wind enjoyed good sport on floating lines with the hawthorn fly active in the shelter… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 30th April 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Cold easterly winds all week took a whole degree off the water temperature, dropping the water temperature to 11 degrees. Despite the cold winds buzzers were the dominant pattern with the fish feeding hard on the buzzer hatches. With the cold winds… Read more »