Yearly Archives:: 2019

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 22nd August 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Similar tale to last week, fishing remains slow. Some rods are picking up fish with Mark Hunt fishing last Friday in very wet & breezy conditions finding fish moving in Green Bay catching 6 on cdc buzzers & daddies.   Most anglers who caught… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 11th August 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Few anglers out this week as they took our advice due to water temperature, algae and stormy weather. A few fish were taken and were pleasantly surprised by the size and quality of the trout caught with Mr Ashman taking a 4lb rainbow &… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 28th July 2019 Tel 01530 230807 That was a tough week at Thornton, our surface water temperature 18inch down during the mini heatwave hit 21c at 7.30am peaking at 24c by 3.00pm, with our water level down by 6ft+ making the hot conditions that much worst we took the sensible… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 21st  July 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Thornton has suffered this week again as the warm muggy weather pushed the water temperature above 20c we also have an algae bloom Not surprising morning session 8.00am – 3.00pm is currently fishing best. Steve Brown fished Monday evening despite the warnings from the lodge… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 7th July 2019 Tel 01530 230807 With our water temperature creeping above 20c it has for the first time this summer had an impact on the fishing with our rod average dropping to 0.9 The warmer water conditions has also resulted in an algae bloom towards the end of the… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 7th July 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Special offer- Please check out www.flyfishstore.co.uk/offers to take advantage of a great deal on our In house guides top patterns when fishing on the washing line. July can be a difficult month at Thornton due to its size and summer temperatures, that’s not the… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 30th June 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Special offer- Please check out www.flyfishstore.co.uk/offers to take advantage of a great deal on our In house guides top patterns when fishing on the washing line. With the sun for the next few weeks at its strongest strength its not surprising to see a… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 23th June 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Weather Forecast: Were often asked which weather forecast we use, from our experience unfortunately we no longer find the BBC regional one to be accurate enough too many days lost to inaccurate local forecast. We recommend for Thornton you use XC Weather available as… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 16th June 2019 Tel 01530 230807 Rain has bought our level up 3ft+ with clarity remaining good due to the crops in the fields & leaf on the trees controlling the run off, our water temperature at one stage dropped to 11c but is now 14c+ which is ideal for… Read more »

Thornton Weekly Report Week ending 10th June 2019 Tel 01530 230807 A mixed weeks fishing, with the rod average for the week 1.9 despite 620 trout stocked on the 29th May with another 620 trout 7th June with another 620 trout due this week. The evening rise was a bit hit and miss this past… Read more »