Yearly Archives:: 2014

Weekly fishing report week ending 8 June 2014

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Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 8th June 100 rods recorded 190 trout for the week for a rod average 1.9 Damsel pattern seemed to work best this past week with a lighter shade of olive working best although buzzer patterns as you would expect continue to take fish. Anglers who had success using buzzers reported… Read more »

Weekly Report week ending 1st June 2014

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Weekly Report ending 1st June     Thornton 01530 230807 123 rods recorded 257 trout for the week for a rod average 2.1 Buzzer, sedges, damsel, daddies, caenis, pin fry, snails, bloodworm have all been available for the trout to feed on this past week, nature`s larder store is well & truly open We have seen some… Read more »

Weekly report 26th May 2014

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Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 25th May 99 rods recorded 207 trout for the week for a rod average 2.0 Mixed weeks fishing for us, no fixed pattern to the weather or the fishing with the fish starting to move off the shallows into the deeper water with green bay, stones & the deeper… Read more »

Thornton Weekly report 18th May

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Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 18th May 134 rods recorded 404 trout for the week for a rod average 3.0 Conditions mid week were perfect, good amount of breeze, cloud cover with some sunny spells at times with good hatches of hawthorn and buzzer ensuring the trout moved for most of the day Anglers… Read more »

Thornton weekly report

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Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 11th May 113 rods recorded 431 trout for the week for a rod average 3.7 Buzzer & damsel patterns caught the majority of the trout this past week with some starting to take emerger patterns and dries Still a good concentration of trout on the shallows and down past… Read more »

Thornton weekly report 04/05/14

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Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 5th May 138 rods recorded 517 trout for the week for a rod average 3.7 A better weeks fishing at Thornton with bank anglers enjoying good sport with the overcast conditions ensuring the trout remain close to the margins along the shallows. Boat anglers are starting to find a… Read more »

May Day Bank Holiday Update

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Update Forecast for the May Day Bank Holiday looks good for fishing with the rod average for this week up to 4.0 Buzzer, Damsel, Diawl Bach producing best with good buzzer hatches, its also time to look out for the Hawthorn fly. Call the lodge for latest report or to book boats 01530 230807

Thornton Weekly report 27/04/14

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Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 28th April 103 rods recorded 291 trout for the week for a rod average 2.8 The wind did not settle this past week generally blowing from the east on some days we started with a north easterly, before it going to the south east and before the day ended… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 20/04/14

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Thornton    01530 230807 Weekly Report ending 22nd April 111 rods recorded 337 trout for the week for a rod average 3 Buzzer, cruncher and diawl bach patterns caught the majority of this weeks catch with a large number of trout to be found at the top of the Thornton arm and the bottom of the… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report week ending 13th April

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Thornton    01530 230807   Weekly Report ending 13th April 120 rods recorded 505 trout for the week for a rod average 4.2 Similar to our other venues buzzer patterns took an increasing number of trout this week with boat and bank anglers finding fish from the very top of the Thornton arm down past the… Read more »