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2 rods. 1 grayling at 2lb 4oz. Lots of trout (c.20 fish), best c.1lb.

Overcast mild misty day, Arrow at 0.32mtr. 10ft light action trotting rod and centre-pin, short float to 16 hook with 2 maggots. Caught 2 Grayling, largest a good pound and half which put its sail up for a sporting fight. Both caught in deeper glides well above bridge.
I finished angling early at 14.30 having tried various places as ratio of out of season Trout to Grayling was far to high (I caught and returned 30 plus, 3 in first 3 casts in weir pool !)
An excellent beat, perhaps a little shallow for controled trotting and plenty of barbed wire to climb over. Recommend take patches for waders. I would however definitly return if I knew the answer to limiting the number of out of season Trout! Anyone ?

1 grayling and 6 out of season brown trout.

6 grayling to 30cm.

1 small trout on maqggot - returned (only bite). River high but not too discoloured.

Firstly, many thanks to the Foundation for making this lovely beat available for trotting tactics. River back in perfect condition after recent heavy rain. Both anglers used red maggots on light (3/4BB ) stick float method.
Lot of brownies caught. Out of season, all were quickly unhooked in the water and returned. Only a couple of grayling showed, best fish about 14 inches. A very enjoyable day in some lovely surroundings. Will definitely be back to try again, once we've had a couple of frosts.

First time fishing the Arrow so wasn't sure what to expect. Sunny morning then bitterly cold rain and wind in the afternoon. The river had obviously been well up fairly recently but was fining-down as I fished. Plenty of fish, but not the monsters I've seen reported here. 4 grayling, biggest less than a pound and the other three much smaller. 8 small brown trout and a rainbow trout of about a pound. Plus, quite a few similar fish that never made it to the net. A very enjoyable day.

Full of trepidation after heavy overnight rain but the Gods smiled on us and the weather cleared as we arrived to give way to a bright and blustery day. Not typical January weather I might add! Snowdrops in evidence on the bank and birds singing everywhere. River was carrying a tinge of colour and looked inviting. The fishing did prove quite challenging however and hard work and good presentation was needed to tempt them.
The total was in fact 5 grayling and 7 out of season and spawned out WBT. Fish were predominantly in quieter areas of the pools where there was good depth. Thankfully the grayling were of a good size - one at 2 1/2 lbs and one at 2lbs plus a 1 1/2 pounder fell to trotted bait and we enjoyed the experience greatly. Shame that this beat is not available during trout season!! Still better this than not at all. GW.

Day spent trotting for grayling on the Leen. First time we have been here - a lovely beat. The best of the water for trotting was upstream of the bridge with some nice runs and pools which held most of the fish caught today.
Total 8 grayling (largest around 1.75lb) and 5 brown trout on a windy day. It is really nice to be able to have such water available through the W&U Foundation for bait fishing for Grayling and the ease of booking made for an enjoyable day. This would be a lovely beat to have access to all year.

Blank day unfortunately, but good access to water and an enjoyable day - will be back!