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9th Mar 2026With much warmer weather over the last week and a steady breeze, anglers have started to see fish feeding off the top of the water. Some very large hatches have been appearing late in the afternoon, making buzzers and dry flies the most productive patterns this week. · Alec Harvey landed 12 fish on Coe Crag using Zonkas and Worms · Davy Parker fished Buzzers and Lures on Lo..
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2nd Mar 2026Fishing Report Over the last week, anglers have enjoyed some productive sport, with fish being caught on a variety of flies. Most fish have been taking just under the surface, so keeping your flies in that upper layer has been key to success. On Sunday 1st March, 18 anglers took to the water in tough, windy conditions to compete for a place in the final of The UK Big One Fly ..
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22nd Feb 2026It’s been a highly successful week on the water, with consistently strong action throughout. Catch numbers have been excellent, with anglers reporting impressive results across multiple sessions. The momentum is building nicely ahead of ‘The Big One’ first heat at Thrunton on Sunday 1st March. Please note: Long Crag Lake will be closed on 1st March for the competition, b..
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26th Jan 2026Fishing Report Although we have had a lot of rain this week, the fish have been very active. Fish have been just below the surface, taking dries off the top, as well as buzzers and other wet flies just subsurface. Anglers have reported that the fish are fighting very hard. · Gary Pye fished Worms on Long Crag safely returning 12 fish · Pete Ker used Buzzers on Long Crag..
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19th Jan 2026Fishing Report Whilst still battling the cold, icy conditions, anglers have had some great days fishing this week. They have reported that the fish are still very high in the water and are continuing to take buzzers and dries. · Mathew Lowery used a washing line on Long Crag safely returning 5 fish · Kev Laws fished a couple of days this week also using a washing line set..
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13th Jan 2026Fishing Report Fishing has been impossible in the last week due to ice, but with a milder forecast this week we are starting to see a massive change with lakes thawing quickly. Whilst the lakes have been frozen the fish have had a good rest. We are working hard to get the lakes reopen and we are hoping by this afternoon we will have some good news for our anglers. ..
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22nd Dec 2025Over the last week Diawl Bachs have really stood out in the reports, with many of our anglers catching fish. Some anglers are still reporting plenty of sport on the Dry Fly too. Over the festive period we will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day. We wish all of our anglers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! · ..
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15th Dec 2025Fishing Report Anglershave reported fish are still just subsurface and taking Dries off the top. Buzzers and Diawl Bachs have also stood out in the catch returns this week. Over the festive period we will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day. We hope all our Anglers have a good Christmas and New Year! · Simon Shar..
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8th Dec 2025Fishing Report Over the last week fish have still been subsurface with some anglers still catching on Dries but a lot more our catching on Buzzers. Some anglers have reported seeing the fish chasing something in the water but were unsure if they were chasing fry. · Mick Hall fished Dries and Diawlbachs on Long Crag netting 7 fish · Gary Scott used Buzzers on Long Cr..
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1st Dec 2025Fishing Report Anglers have had to move pegs and cover water to find fish this week, with reports of fish being in shoals in certain parts of the lakes. Fish aren’t deep at all with others reporting them being a foot under the surface. · Simon Sharpe fished Fabs over both lakes catching 11 fish · Davy Parker netted 8 fish on Long Crag using various patterns · Gar..
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18th Nov 2025Fishing Report Although the weather has cooled considably over the last week anglers have still reported catching on Dries and Diawl Bachs. Fish have still been subsurface, but some anglers have also landed fish at around 5feet. · Bill McCorie fished Diawl Bachs and Top Hats on Long Crag netting 10 fish · G. Scott fished a mix of flies on Long Crag landing 7 fish · Joe..
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10th Nov 2025Fishing Report Over the last week fish having been feeding off the top and just subsurface over both lakes. Anglers reported seeing mass fish movement on along the weed beds on both lakes. Diawl Bachs and Black Buzzers just subsurface have tempted the fish, and small black Dries on the top of the surface have also caught fish. The lakes will close at 4pm from this week. ..
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3rd Nov 2025Fishing Report Anglers have found that fish have been feeding hard on Buzzers. Some have reported fast and slow retrieves using Buzzers have worked very well. Others have found Dries just subsurface have also worked very well this week. · John Williams fished Buzzers on Long Crag safely returning 10 fish · Ken Glenton netted 9 fish over both lakes using Cdcs · Tony ..
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13th Oct 2025Fishing Report This week at Thrunton anglers have fished off the top of the water and just subsurface. Daddies and Buzzers have worked very well for anglers. On Sunday 12th we hosted the yearly Breast Cancer Now Charity Competition. Anglers fished 4 hours on a kill 2 fish ticket and the heaviest bag won. We had an incredible turnout with 25 anglers fishing. We raised a si..
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7th Oct 2025Fishing Report Anglers this week have mainly used floating lines fishing flies just subsurface. Catch returns have showed that Dries and Buzzers have been most successful for anglers with most having very good days. The lakes will now be closing at 6pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday · John Williams fished Daddies on Long Crag safely returning 8 fish · Matty Dev..
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23rd Sep 2025Fishing Report With 2 stockings this week Thrunton has massively improved with fish feeding hard. Anglers are mainly getting fish using Daddies and Lures, some catching freshly stocked fish but also some resident fish coming to the net. With the cold mornings the lakes are cooling down quick. · Gary Knox fished Buzzers and Long Crag catching 8 fish · Ken Glenton fis..
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9th Sep 2025Fishing Report With cooler weather forecast, anglers will see a massive difference in catch returns. Although the mornings have been cool by the afternoon the temperatures has risen. Daddies and Eggs have worked well in the last week. Anglers have reported that the road side corner of Long Crag has been extremely active with fish feeding just under the surface. · Simo..
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25th Aug 2025Fishing Report With a bit cooler weather over the last week, catch returns have massively improved with anglers catching on various flies. Daddy Long legs have been most successful pattern. Just a reminder. Monday, Tuesday, Saturday 5pm Close Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday 8pm close · Ross Calder fished Diawl Bachs and Daddies on Long Crag safely returning 5 fish..
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18th Aug 2025Fishing Report We were glad to host the Ladhope Angling Club on Saturday. We have seen a productive week with staff pulling weed on Coe Crag using the boat and rakes. Despite The warm conditions, some anglers have had success with Green Eggs and Foam Beetles. The lakes will now close at 8pm and 5pm on Saturdays, Mondays and Tuesday. · J. Armstrong fished Snatchers ov..
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5th Aug 2025Fishing Report We welcomed Vision Fly Fishing for a demonstration day, with support Rod and Tackle. We had a great turn out and Anglers enjoyed the experience with some great coaching and technical experience. Fisherman have had continued success using small black Dries and various Nymphs · Ali Tait fished Dries static and with a very slow retrieve safely releasing..
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28th Jul 2025Fishing Report This week at Thrunton anglers reported fish sipping small Dries off the top of the water. Towards the end of the week fish returns improved massively with fish feeding on various Dries and Nymphs. Sunday 3rd of August we have an Open Day Ran by Vision Fly Fishing in association with Rod and Tackle this event will start at 10:30 and finish at 17:00pm. Both ..
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21st Jul 2025Fishing Report With a lot more rain this last week and duller days anglers have seen a difference in the fishing whilst some anglers have been fishing small Dries overs have had success deep. Another angler fished his flies 2ft under and indicator and reported his best ever day. · Ali Tait fished Top hats on the top and Lures deep from his float tube netting 9 fish ..
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15th Jul 2025Fishing Report Over the last week anglers have found fishing to be challenging, they have had to chop and change flies and lines to try and find a depth fish are feeding at. The weather has been warm and bright, but over the last 2 days the weather has been wet and overcast and fishing has already seemed to have picked up. · R. Packer fished various flies over both lakes ca..
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7th Jul 2025Fishing Report 0ver the last week anglers have seen all types of weather imaginable, strong winds, heavy showers and red hot sun. Although anglers have had to brave the weather or wait for the right day some have reported landing incredible fish. · John Jarvis fished Dries on Long Crag safely returning 12 fish · Simon Shaw fished Dries over both lakes catching 14 fish..
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30th Jun 2025Fishing Report We have had a very warm weekend with many hatches of dry flies. Some anglers reported that sedge patterns have worked really well and also Daddy Long Legs have been very successful too. Anglers through the week mainly caught fish using Dries or wet flies just under the surface with a slow retrieve. · P. Jacques fished Top Hats on Long Crag safely releasin..
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23rd Jun 2025Fishing Report Over the last week anglers have fished in some rough conditions. Over the weekend the wind has been very strong with Saturday being the warmest day of the year. Although the conditions haven’t been the best, anglers have had to fish deep in the heat and wind using various flies to catch fish. · J. Lisle fished various flies on Long Crag catching 12 fish ..
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18th Jun 2025Fishing Report This week at Thrunton Anglers have had a very good week fishing Dries off the top and sub surface. Anglers have had a lot of success fishing different patterned Daddy Long Legs. Shipmans Buzzers have also worked very well this week. · Ken Glenton fished a mix of Dries over both lakes netting 9 fish · Simon Shaw landed 20 fish over both lakes using To..
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2nd Jun 2025Fishing Report This week at Thrunton anglers have had a lot of fish using Dries and Buzzers. Other anglers have been fishing Daiwl Bachs and Cormorants just under the surface, some anglers have used foam Daddies having great top of the water sport. Some fishermen reported there was a lot of damsels on the water and some tiny black flies. · Ken Glenton fished Dries and B..
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28th Apr 2025Fishing Report This week at Thrunton has seen some very good catches. Anglers have been catching on Dries over both lakes, others have reported some amazing line ripping Buzzer takes. On Sunday 27th we hosted the final day of The UK Big One Fly Fishing Open Championship, 30 anglers fished over a two day final Saturday at Chatton and Sunday here at Thrunton. 1st Tristan Lin..
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14th Apr 2025Fishing Report Over the last week we have had massive hatches of beetles on the lakes. Both lakes were bubbling with feeding fish rising. Some anglers matched the hatch bringing a lot of fish to the net. Other anglers have had to keep chopping and changing to small black flies to bring success. Reports show black Top Hats and Yellow Owl Cdcs have worked well for many angler..
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7th Apr 2025Fishing Report It was great to see the Chopwell Chancers this Sunday here at Thrunton with all reporting top class fishing. A lot of anglers have been safely netting fish using Dries with others reporting Buzzers and Diawl bachs being successful. When the weather has warmed in the late morning there has been massive buzzer hatches seen. · Simon Shaw fished Dries and Buzzer..
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17th Mar 2025Anglers have fished all methods over the last week catching numerous fish. Some have bagged up using Dries and Buzzers, whereas others have landed great numbers of fish with lures and indicators. · Shane Wilson fished a Green Egg on Long Crag landing 9 fish · Simon Shaw caught 18 fish using Dries and Lures on Long Crag fishing multiple pegs · G. Carr landed 14 with vario..
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10th Mar 2025Fishing Report Last week at Thrunton we had a very busy week, with a lot of anglers through the door. Although the sun was bright and very little ripple anglers chopped and changed methods to bring plenty fish to the net. Going through the catch report this week Natural patterns like Top Hats and Buzzers stand out a lot with many anglers bagging up using these patterns. On S..
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24th Feb 2025Fishing Report This week has been a fantastic week for fishing with anglers stating they have landed some “fantastic fighting fish.” Anglers have netted fish on a selections of flies but Bloodworms and Buzzers where the most prolific. On Sunday 23rd Kenny Middlemist invited friends to an 80th birthday bash competition, which led to an amazing turnout with 16 anglers fishe..
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13th Jan 2025Fishing Report With the lakes well rested some anglers have braved the cold temperatures, these anglers reported pulling Lures and Bloodworms on a fast retrieve. Others reported Ecstasy worms and Shammys also bringing success to the hook. Whilst the lakes were frozen last week John put another stock in both lakes filled with “belting fighting fish”. · Ross Calder fi..
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23rd Dec 2024The team from Thrunton would like to wish all our anglers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Anglers this week have had good sport fishing a selection of flies with many reporting productive sessions on Lures and Bloodworms, others have had great sport fishing Dries and Diawl Bach. · John Pringle fished both lakes using various Zonkas landing 12 fish · Barry N..
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16th Dec 2024Fishing Report Thrunton Long Crag will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas day, Boxing day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day This week there has been some amazing bags numbers with plenty of anglers bagging up. Anglers have reported that fish are feeding on a selection of Lures, Dancers, Damsels, and Bloodworms. Hoppers and Sedges also bringing action to the net. ·..
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3rd Dec 2024Fishing Report Although the weather hasn’t been in favour of our anglers it hasn’t stopped the fish feeding at all. Many have reported some cracking takes on Lures and Bloodworms with a floating line, and others still finding success using Dry Flies. · Jim Smith fished Eggs and Lures over both lakes landing 14 fish · Simon Shank also used a mix of Fabs and Lures ca..
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26th Nov 2024Fishing Report Although last weeks weather wasn’t in favour to our anglers. The fish haven’t disappointed, some reported that the fish where feeding hard on Bloodworms and Damsels. Whilst the catch report shows others doing very well under an indicator. Anglers have also reported some big catches with fish caught up to 11lb. · Darin Ferguson fished Blobs on Long C..
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12th Nov 2024Fishing Report Anglers have caught plenty of fish in the shallows of Long Crag using Dries and Buzzers while others have had great success fishing Lures in deeper water. Some fisherman have reported vigorous takes from both lakes The lakes will now close at 4pm daily · Jim Smith used a Cats Whisker and various Eggs on Long Crag landing 8 fish · Les Porter fished mult..
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4th Nov 2024Fishing Report As the weather continues to stay mild anglers have still been hooking fish using Dries on Long Crag, but other anglers have reported Dancers and Eggs being productive. As the nights are getting darker quicker we will remain at 4:30pm close this week and will reassess at the end of the week. · Steve Mole fished a mix of Dries on Long Crag safely returning ..
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14th Oct 2024Fishing Report Anglers have had a lot of success using a mix of Daddies and Lures. Other anglers have reported Diawl Bachs have also brought a lot of fish to the net. This Sunday 20th October Long Crag will be closed until 1pm. For our annual Breast Cancer Now Competition. Leaving Coe Crag open to customers. · John Jarvis fished a mix of Dries over both lakes safely re..
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7th Oct 2024Fishing Report Anglers have reported that various flies have brought a lot of success to the net this week. As the temperature continues to cool the fish have been feeding hard. This week has seem a number of float tubers landing some quality fish. As the nights are cutting in we will now be closing the lakes at 6pm · S. Common fished Yellow Dancers over both lakes safe..
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30th Sep 2024Fishing Report As the weather continues to stay cool anglers have had lots of success using Lures and Diawl Bachs. Other anglers have found Dries have worked very well around the lakes too. · Tony Barclay landed 20 fish of his float tube on Long Crag using various flies · Tommy Mark fished Dries over both lakes safely returning 14 fish · Matty Devine fished Buzzers, ..
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23rd Sep 2024Fishing Report As the cooler weather settles in we were glad to see The Aqua Contractor doing such a good job cutting the weed on Long Crag. On Friday we had 3 float tubers fishing on Long Crag with a combined score of 42 fish between them. Anglers have reported that Dries and Buzzers are accounting for some decent bag numbers on both lakes. · Ian P fished a kill ticket o..
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16th Sep 2024Fishing Report As the water temperature cools anglers have had to chop and change flies to hook fish. Some anglers have seen a lot of interest using dry flies. Whereas others have fished lures on an intermediate bringing success to the net. Ken Glenton landed a full finned brown trout just shy of 9lb As the dark nights are cutting in Thrunton will now be closing at 7pm (We..
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9th Sep 2024Fishing Report This week at Thrunton we have seen a mix of weather, with some very misty mornings turning into bright sun and warm afternoons. Although conditions are against anglers the fish have been feeding of the top. Anglers have reported plenty fish feeding on dry flies but some struggled to find a fly to temp the fish. · Mick Hall fished a mix of Dries around Lon..
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2nd Sep 2024Fishing Report This week at Thrunton we have seen a mix of weather at times, warm, windy and wet. Although the weather has changed in the week it hasn’t stopped the fish from feeding. Could all anglers keep the fish in the net for an extra minute or 2 after caught? Just to give the fish a rest in such conditions · Ken Glenton fished a mix of flies over both lakes safe..
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26th Aug 2024Fishing Report Anglers reported some good top of the water sport over the weekend, resulting in some decent bag totals. Other anglers have found that wet flies have also been working well too. From August 26th the closing time will change to 8pm close. Tuesdays will now also be a 5pm close. · Jim Burtle fished Fabs on Long Crag safely returning 9 fish · Rodney Burn f..
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19th Aug 2024Fishing Report Although we have seen a mix of weather this week, the cooler temperatures in the morning and evenings have meant the lakes are fishing nicely. The reports show that anglers have been catching with a mix of flies trying all methods. It was great to see a group of women attending the ladies and beginners day to celebrate national fishing month. Thank you to Lucy ..
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13th Aug 2024Fishing Report The team at Thrunton were glad to host the 2024 Trout Masters finals for both the Junior and Youth anglers this weekend. We would like to say a huge thank you to all involved. Well done to all anglers who fished such difficult conditions. Tom Moesel won the youth competition with Will Morris second and Jonny Moesel third. The Junior Competition was won by Wi..
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5th Aug 2024Fishing Report As the warm weather persisted this week, on particularly bright days, fish have been found fairly deep (around 10ft) and on a number of different flies, luresbeing particularly successful. Anglers who moved around the lakes frequently were able to target moving pods of fish and many also reported repeated success with dry flies too. The heavy rain through ..
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29th Jul 2024Fishing Report A challenging week of weather for anglers, at the start of the week anglers where targeting fish to help find a fly that would tempt a take. But as the week went on and the weather cooled, anglers found some dries that the fish would hit hard. · N. Hart fished a mix of wet flies over both lakes safely catching 16 fish · C. Auchinachie fished a Daddy Long ..
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8th Jul 2024Fishing Report After some very changeable weather this week, anglers have been surprised with the amount of dry fly action throughout the weekend. Fish have been feeding hard with some excellent fights. · Bill McCorie fished a mix of lures over both lakes landing 8 fish · D. Murray also fished various flies over both lakes hooking and returning 12 fish · P. Mallaburn ..
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1st Jul 2024Fishing Report Considering the bright and hot weather this week anglers have found that Buzzers and Dries have accounted for some excellent bag numbers. Later in the week conditions have been slightly more favourable for both anglers and the fish. · H. Pringle fished under an indicator on Coe Crag landing 6 fish from different pegs · Ken Glenton fished all around both l..
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24th Jun 2024Fishing Report As the pressure and temperature rises the fish have gone deeper, causing anglers to mix tactics up in order to get the fly deeper in the water column. Some anglers have swapped lines to intermediate or sinking lines to hook fish. Although the fish have gone deep anglers have reported some savage takes. · Trevor Wadds fished a mix of Diawl Bachs, Lures and..
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17th Jun 2024Fishing Report The weather has continued to be unsettled and anglers have had to persevere against some cool north winds. Dries and Buzzers are bringing a lot of success too many anglers. Others have reported Olive Lures on a slow intermediate line have also had a lot of success too. · Ali Tait fished his float tube on Long Crag using Daddy’s and Top hats landing 23 f..
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10th Jun 2024Fishing Report This week at Thrunton we have had a mix of weather, Anglers reported fish to be quite high up in the water finding a lot of success fishing Dries and Buzzers. Others reported that Daddy Long Legs and Tadpoles were bringing a lot of interest too. · Geoff Huscroft fished Dries on Long Crag landing 9 fish off multiple pegs · S. Dargon fished Cdcs and black..
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3rd Jun 2024Fishing Report This week we have seen a north wind all week with a little bit of wet weather, although conditions were rough, anglers still manged to catch numerous fish. At the start of the week anglers have mainly fished dries on a floating line when fish were chasing flies. As the week continued, fish were feeding more static and anglers were having success with a wet fl..
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27th May 2024Fishing Report Over the last week the lakes have seen lots of different fly hatches and we have seen some fantastic top of the water sport. Anglers have also reported fish were taking flies just sub surface hard. Most anglers have been fishing Dries and Buzzers on a floating line and others have fished 6- 10 ft under an indicator. · D. Milligan fished a mix of Buzzers on..
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20th May 2024Fishing Report Over the weekend we were glad to host the second day final of the UK Big One fly fishing open Competition. Over the 2 days anglers had to fish in a north wind and blazing sun in the afternoon resulting in the fish being quite picky. Anglers had to mix tactics to catch fish. We would like to thank all the marshals who helped throughout the competition. And als..
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13th May 2024Fishing Report We have seen a large hatch of Hawthorn flies hatching this week, anglers have found a lot of success with small black Dry flies. Other anglers have reported a washing line has also brought a lot of success too. Towards the back end of the week there was a lot of sedges hatching on the lake. The lakes will now be open until 8pm, but Monday and Saturday will stil..
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6th May 2024Fishing Report We were pleased to host the last qualifying heat of The Uk Big One Championship. Anglers fished 8 different pegs throughout the day to catch fish. 1st Davy Parker 20 points 14 fish, 2nd Peter Appleby 19 points 13 fish, 3rd Lee Abbbot 16 points 10 fish, 4th Tony Rowley 13 points 9 fish, 5th Daniel Wilkinson 10 points 7 fish, 6th Keith Foster 10 points 5 fish, 7..
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22nd Apr 2024Fishing Report We were glad to host the third heat of The Uk Big One fly fishing open championship yesterday, Anglers fished different tactics throughout the day to land fish mixing Dries and Buzzers and some also fishing an indicator. 159 fish caught with a rod average of 8.4, 1st place Jed Armstrong with 25 points 18 fish, 2nd place Carl Nixon 22 points 15 fish, 3rd place..
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15th Apr 2024Fishing Report As the weather settles anglers have had some brilliant top of the water sport fishing dries and buzzers. We were delighted to host 18 anglers from the Royal British Legion on Sunday all fishing a kill ticket. Most anglers bagged up with some heavy bag totals. Anglers are still reporting that fish are in the first 3ft of water. · Mark Weddel fished Fabs and ..
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8th Apr 2024Fishing Report Another week of unsettled weather has not put the fish off feeding, towards the back end of the week the wind picked right up reaching gusts of 40 to 50 mph. On Sunday we held the first heat of the Uk Big One Fly Fishing Championship, although the wind was strong anglers consistently caught fish throughout the competition. There was a rod average of 5.2 with 94..
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1st Apr 2024Fishing Report With the weather constantly changing this week the fish have been feeding on a mix of flies. Anglers have chopped and changed flies finding the right fly and colour for the day. · D. Milligan fished various flies on Long Crag to safely net 7 fish · R. Hill also fished a mix of flies off different platforms on Long Crag landing 8 fish · Geoff Huscroft us..
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25th Mar 2024Fishing Report As flies are slowly starting to hatch anglers are having to keep swapping flies to tempt fish mixing between Dries and Buzzers. Some anglers are still pulling Lures and fishing under the bung with great success. The fish are still estimated to be in the first 3ft of water. · Ali Tait fished his float tube on Long Crag fishing a mix of Dries and Lures to net..
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17th Mar 2024FISHING REPORT W/E 17/3/24 We have had a busy week at the fishery, welcoming many new enthusiastic anglers which is always good to see. With the warmer weather conditions there has been some productive ‘top of the water’ action with some prolific buzzer hatches making for some great sport. Fish have been feeding off the top as well as sub surface and many larger fish are..
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11th Mar 2024Fishing Report This week at Thrunton we have seen a mix of weather with a lot of rain. Anglers have reported some amazing catches with some giant fish caught. Other anglers have reported that fish are still in the first 4ft of water. · Eliot Guthrie fished an Egg fly on Coe Crag landing 7 fish · Matty Devine fished the Assassin on Long Crag fishing off multiple pegs sa..
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4th Mar 2024Fishing Report Although the temperature has been up and down anglers have reported that the fish aren’t deep and only in the first 4ft of water. Anglers have used a mix of flies to catch fish · Davy Parker fished Dries and Worms to land 20 fish on Long Crag · Gareth Tilley fished a team of Buzzers over both lakes returning 5 fish · T. Barclay fished off his float ..
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26th Feb 2024Fishing Report This week at Thrunton the fish have been feeding on a mix of flies, earlier in the week the fish were feeding on Buzzers and Dries. But as the temperature dropped later in the week anglers reported they were catching on lures and Bloodworms. · Dave Bolard fished a black Minkie over both lakes safely returning 7 fish · Mike Blackwood also fished a Minkie o..
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19th Feb 2024Fishing Report Anglers have reported that the fish are feeding on Buzzers and Dries. With the weather warming we are starting to get fly hatches on the lakes. Anglers have still been catching on various flies and methods as the fish are about 4ft deep. · Matty Devine fished a Dancer and Assassin on Long Crag to land 14 fish · Trevor Wadds landed 5 fish on Long Crag ..
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12th Feb 2024Fishing Report This week at Thrunton we have had some great reports, with some big fish caught some anglers have bagged up to the limit. Although the weather has been wet and cold anglers stuck at it and landed fish. Anglers have reported Lures and Bloodworms have been very productive. · Paul Mallaburn landed 10 fish over a couple of visits fishing Coe Crag · Matty De..
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5th Feb 2024Fishing Report This week at Thrunton we have seen some very strong winds making it hard for some anglers to cast. As the anglers have adjusted to the wind and found a suitable peg they have landed fish. Reports from some anglers that the fish still be found at 3/4ft. · Josh Piper fished Long Crag mixing and matching flies to safely net 20 fish · Alec Harvey pulled L..
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29th Jan 2024Fishing Report This week at Thrunton we have some unexpected wind although the wind was strong anglers still adapted to the weather to pull fish to the net. Anglers reported that the fish weren’t deep, at a depth of about 3 and a half foot and are feeding on numerous flies. · Ken Glenton fished both lakes with a mix of flies mainly landing fish on a Diawl Bach catchi..
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22nd Jan 2024Fishing Report This week the lakes have seen freezing temperatures. With the aerators doing a great job keeping the ice at bay. Although it was -5oc some anglers stuck at it and fished the cold weather. By the weekend the lakes had warmed up and ice was gone. · Matty Devine fished a yellow Dancer and pink Bloodworm and caught 25 fish also getting a double hook up to the..
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15th Jan 2024Fishing Report As the temperature began to drop anglers had to adapt to the conditions swapping and changing flies to tempt fish, anglers have switched between floating lines and slow sinking lines this week. Some anglers have reported success of a depth of 4ft. Although anglers have had to work hard they found their fly and landed fish. · Ross Calder landed 7 fish on th..
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8th Jan 2024Fishing Report Anglers have had a very successful week, with some great catch rates although the temperatures have been mixed anglers have adapted to the conditions and have found the right patterns. · Matty Devine fished Long Crag using the Assassin and a BloodWorm to catch and release 25 fish · Ian Santos also fished Long Crag using a Shammy to catch 5 fish · Rodn..
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4th Jan 2024Fishing Report HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our anglers new and old hope you have all had a great Christmas and we wish you all the very best in 2024. The weather hasbeen pretty unsettled over the festive period but anglers have reported having some great sport, we hada visit from the Ashington Kingfisher’s just after Christmas with all the guys enjoying their day despite the we..
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