Thornton Weekly update week ending 16th June

112 rods caught 238 trout for rod average 2.1

Clarity has improved although a small amount of the algae bloom remains, but any breeze soon clears it. Lots of trout to be seen moving at times especially in front of the dam and off the stones, these fish are moving to buzzers during the day with sedges and some caenis about in the evenings. A few damsels are starting to show as well.

Suspender buzzers, buzzer, hoppers, GH sedge & damsel patterns working well

In the evenings if the air temperature doesn’t drop cold we are starting to see some excellent rises with the best of the sport during that last hour

Our last four hours fishing 1 fish kill + Catch & Release £10 and a rowing boat £4.00 offers great value.

Main gate, lodge & bank fishing open 7.30am

Full Day Boats 8.30am – 10.00pm

Part Day Boats 8.30am – 3.00pm / 3.00pm – 10.00pm

Last 4 Hour 5.45pm – 10.00pm

All anglers offsite by 10.15pm

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Thornton Weekly update week ending 9th June

Lots of fish moving at times but not easy to tempt, with anglers who went down to size 14 & 16 hares ear, diawl bach and buzzers managing to tempt a few.

At times bright conditions with a cold easterly breeze and a bit of an algae bloom did little to help.

144 rods caught 219 trout for rod average 1.5

A few caenis about in the evening with good buzzer hatches providing most evenings a good evening rise, again though the fish moving were not easy to tempt. Water temperature is still cool at 13 degrees

Chris Sayer got to grips with the conditions catching 8 to 3lb as did T Pegg recording 10 trout for his visit, Chip Kawalsingh caught 8 on small olive buzzers from the farm bank area,  B Allardyce caught 4lb rainbow, Phil Moore 5lb rainbow, T Green 5lb1oz rainbow, W Newby 4lb4oz, with Tony Lorrimer 9lb14oz rainbow.

Our last four hours fishing 1 fish kill + Catch & Release £10 and a rowing boat £4.00 offers great value.

Main gate, lodge & bank fishing open 7.30am

Full Day Boats 8.30am – 10.00pm

Part Day Boats 8.30am – 3.00pm / 3.00pm – 10.00pm

Last 4 Hour 6.00pm – 10.00pm

All anglers offsite by 10.15pm

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Thornton Weekly update week ending 2^nd  June

A bit of a patchy week with Monday to Wednesday weather not great, our water temperature continues to hover at around 11 degrees, it should be 15 degrees, but what a contrast by the weekend an improving forecast, at last it seems summer is arriving, and not before time, it is only three weeks to the longest day and four weeks after that the nights will noticeably start to draw in, summer and decent trout fishing temperatures are long overdue

141 rods caught 312 trout for rod average 2.2

Green bay, Stones & Farm Bank has produced best this week with trout feeding on snails & buzzer. On the evenings when the air temperature doesn’t drop we are getting a good evening rise.

Thornton Fly Fishers fished their boat pairs match on Sunday with Mark Sturgess and John Salisbury being the eventual winners with the Vernon brothers Chris & Martin a close second

Mick Glover enjoyed a great afternoons sport catching 10 trout including fish of 6lb7oz and 4lb9oz on hares ear and buzzer, John Salisbury recorded fish of 4lb10oz, 4lb8oz with Mark Sturgess weighing a rainbow 4lb8oz, James Foster recorded rainbow 4lb10oz with Chris Sayer also recording a 4lb rainbow, Tony Lorrimer in his catch included fish of 6lb, 5lb and 4lb8oz with Trevor Pegg catching 14 trout including a 5lb8oz

Our last four hours fishing 1 fish kill + Catch & Release £10 and a rowing boat £4.00 offers great value.

Main gate, lodge & bank fishing open 7.30am

Full Day Boats 8.30am – 9.45pm

Part Day Boats 8.30am – 3.00pm / 3.00pm – 9.45pm

Last 4 Hour 5.45pm – 9.45pm

All anglers offsite by 10pm

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Thornton Weekly update week ending 26^th May

122 rods caught 348 trout for rod average 2.8

With the wind & rain we had last Thursday / Friday the surface water temperature dropped to 10 degrees this morning as I write this report it has climbed back to 11 degrees.

Those temperatures are OK for trout fishing but the fishing will be more like early April than late May and so it is with bank anglers still catching fish especially down along the farm bank with season permit holder Pete Cox catching 11 trout from the bank for his visit.

The trout have dropped back in the water with the majority been taken between 5ft & 10ft down, indicators with buzzers have worked well as has a sinking line with damsels and diawl bach.

Best area still the wood bank, farm bank, Thornton arm and green bay.

On the warmer days last week we have started to see the first of the hawthorn fly on the water.

Our water clarity is excellent.

Main gate, lodge & bank fishing open 7.30am

Full Day Boats 8.30am – 9.30pm

Part Day Boats 8.30am – 2.30pm / 2.30pm – 9.30pm

Last 4 Hour 5.30pm – 9.30pm

All anglers offsite by 9.45pm

Call the lodge 01530 230807

Thornton Weekly update week ending 19/05/13

119 rods caught 357 trout for rod average 3.0

Good hatches of buzzer are providing good surface sport with the trout now spreading themselves throughout the reservoir. But as always some areas hold more fish than others, the farm bank lightly fished so far this year is now producing excellent catches. Thornton arm the wood and wood bank corner are still producing good sport as they have for a number of weeks.

In the main a floating line with buzzer, diawl bach and damsel patterns have produced best with a midge tip or intermediate during the brighter conditions.

Water clarity is excellent with our water temperature just under 12 degrees, a little cool for the time of year but 12 – 16 degrees is great for trout fishing.

David Price caught a 4lb8oz rainbow, Jim Retallic caught 5lb14oz rainbow, M Needham 4lb rainbow, with a good number of trout 3lb+ showing again this week

On the warmer evenings we are seeing a good evening rise our last 4 hour permit  £10.00 1 fish kill+ catch & release with boat for £4.00 offers excellent value to fish the evening rise.

Main gate, lodge & bank fishing open 7.30am

Full Day Boats 8.30am – 9.15pm

Part Day Boats 8.30am – 2.30pm / 2.30pm – 9.15pm

Last 4 Hour 5.15pm – 9.15pm

All anglers offsite by 9.30pm

Call the lodge 01530 230807

Thornton Weekly update week ending 13/05/13

113 rods caught 351 trout for rod average 3.1

Buzzers are on the trout’s menu with the fish feeding heavily on olive and black buzzers, as you would expect on the calmer evenings when the air temperature stays up we are getting an evening rise. Picture of the buzzers the trout are feeding on visit the gallery page at www.flyfishthornton.co.uk

Mr A Crone recorded the other week a rainbow weighing 8lb. This week Mick Glover recorded a 5lb rainbow, D Skudder 5lb8oz, J Kilby 5lb rainbow, B Cox 5lb8oz rainbow, P Wurm 9lb rainbow, N James 6lb8oz and his boat partner David Price 8lb3oz rainbow, J Graney and his boat partner D Burton both recorded rainbows of 5lb with Paul Denton retuning to fly fishing after a break of 3 years topping the big fish league with a rainbow of 10lb12oz taken on a dry daddy.

Our water clarity is excellent with our water temperature hovering at 12 degrees

Best area for bank anglers is opposite the lodge, wood bank corner and the farm bank.

Best area for boats in front of the wood, wood bank corner and green bay with the main basin worth a drift in the evening when the wind drops and the air temperature stays up.

Best patterns, buzzer olive or black size 12 and 14, diawl bach, damsel

Our last 4 hour permit  £10.00 1 fish kill+ catch & release with boat for £4.00 offers excellent value to fish the evening rise.

Main gate, lodge & bank fishing open 7.30am

Full Day Boats 8.30am – 9.00pm

Part Day Boats 8.30am – 2.30pm / 2.30pm – 9.00pm

Last 4 Hour 5.00pm – 9.00pm

All anglers offsite by 9.15pm

Call the lodge 01530 23080

Thornton Weekly update week ending 05/05/2013

Great weather at last our water temperature this morning is 12 degrees ideal for surface sport and with our buzzer hatches improving day by day we are at last enjoying consistent sport.

Last week 155 rods caught 691 trout for rod average 4.5

Damsel, buzzer and diawl bach were the top patterns this week fished on a floating line, intermediate or midge tip with the wood bank, farm bank and green bay all producing.

Steve Warner fished from his float tube and recorded a 6lb rainbow, D Skudder caught a 5lb4oz rainbow, G. Jones 5lb rainbow with Norma Prime also recording a5lb rainbow

Water clarity is excellent with our water temperature at 12 degrees we should during this coming week see an evening rise

Our last 4 hour permit  £10.00 1 fish kill+ catch & release with boat for £4.00 offers excellent value to fish the evening rise.

Main gate, lodge & bank fishing open 7.30am

Full Day Boats 8.30am – 8.45pm

Part Day Boats 8.30am – 2.30pm / 2.30pm – 8.45pm

Last 4 Hour 4.45pm – 8.45pm

Call the lodge 01530 230807

Thornton Weekly report And Mid Week Update 03/05/13

With our other two reservoirs, Foremark & Draycote catching fish over 10lb last week, Thornton didn’t disappoint with Martin Owen taking a rainbow of 10lb4oz

Dennis Barnes caught a brace weighing 6lb7oz and 5lb4oz, with Mat Vickers taking a 6lb13oz with numerous fish reported weighing 3lb – 4lb

131 rods caught 570 trout for rod average 4.4 with a good percentage now falling to buzzers and diawl bach patterns.

Surprisingly for late April the shallows of the wood bank, Thornton arm and woodbank corner are still producing best, however on the warmer evening trout are starting to move across the main basin.

As we move into April our last 4 hour permit, 1 fish plus catch and release £10 and late evening boat permit at £4.00 offers great value, currently running from 4.30pm – 8.30pm

Water clarity is getting better and better with clarity well over 5ft

With the weather improving and May a few days away we will soon be into one of the most prolific fishing months of the year.

Main gate, lodge and bank fishing open from 7.30am

Part day boats 8.30am – 2.00pm  /  2.00pm – 8.30pm

Full day boats 8.30am – 8.30pm

All anglers off site by 8.45pm

Call the lodge 01530 230807

Thornton Update 03/05/13

Thornton continues to fish well and with a good forecast for the bank holiday we should continue to see our good sport continue.

Highlight of this week has been the good number of browns up to 2lb+ been recorded with the majority been returned. Member Tony Lorrimer recorded 12 browns to 2lb+ returning them all. These were fish stocked way back in January and are feeding well on the natural food.

Floating lines with damsel, diawl bach & buzzers are catching best with anglers starting to catch fish from other parts of the reservoir, with green bay & stone bank fishing well this week.

On the warmer evening we are starting to see an evening rise. Water temperature is starting to pick up this morning we recorded 11 degrees our water clarity is 6ft+

Our last 4 hour permit is from 4.30pm – 8.30pm full permit prices visit www.flyfishthornton.co.uk

Tel 01530 230807

Ifor

Thornton weekly report week ending 14/04/2013

Continues to improve as does the weather, and not before time, with 112 rods last week catching 592 trout for rod average 5.3

With our water temperature at long last on the way up, nearly 8 degrees this morning more & more fish are feeding on the buzzer. It shouldn’t be too long before the trout start spreading themselves throughout the reservoir and if the temperature, air & water, continue to rise we should soon see the first evening rise of the season.

For last week anglers continue to concentrate their efforts along the shallows of the Thornton arm, wood & woodbank corner with the welcome southerly wind a tad too strong to fish down along the Markfield arm.

As soon as the wind drops expect the farm bank to fish especially for the bank angler.

Intermediate & floating lines best with fritz damsel, cats whisker, buzzer.

Main gate, lodge & bank fishing open 7.30am

Full Day Boats 8.30am – 8.00pm

Part Day Boats 8.30am – 2.00pm  /  2.00pm – 8.00pm

Bank anglers / All anglers off site by 8.15pm

Tel 01530 230807

Thornton weekly report week ending 07/04/2013

At last some better weather especially over the weekend had anglers catching fish on a variety of lines and flies.

We seeing fish starting to feed on the buzzer, although currently small buzzers its certainly a sign better conditions have arrived.

Floating lines, intermediate and sinkers fished with booby, cats whisker, dawson olive, bloodworm, hares ear and buzzer all worked with the bank opposite the lodge still a favourite fishing spot.

Some anglers on the southerly wind ventured into the Markfield arm and found fish all the way along it, in a “normal” year the farm bank always fishes well in April.

With the local weather forecast not too bad for this week sport we expect to continue to be as good as this weeks rod average 5.1 indicates.

Water clarity 3ft+

Main gate, lodge and bank fishing open from 7.30am

Full Day Boats 8.30am – 7.45pm

Part Day Boats 8.30am – 1.30pm  /  1.30pm – 7.45pm

All anglers offsite by 8.00pm

Contact lodge 01530 230807

Summer cant be far away having seen this morning the first House Martin of the year.

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