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Really hard going, a bit too much water but perfect visibility for czech nymphing. Fish not interested at all. fished hard on the bottom under the rod tip and lost a lot of flies but couldn't seem to find any hard feeding fish. Two fish to 12 inches and one of 14, no small fish at all. Freezing until about 1pm, then cold rain. Fish all caught within half an hour of each other from middle of beat. A gritty day on the Arrow.

3 Grayling

I had been waiting all Winter to get on this stretch of the Arrow, but although I knew the river would be high and coloured, had to give it a go before the end of the season. Fished from the top weir down to the bridge, but only managed the one bite on legered maggot, a small grayling. Will have to wait for the cold and frost of next Winter to give it another go!!

1 Grayling

Tough conditions, nil caught.

We had a fantastic days fishing on The Leen, thank you. I think that the grayling population is very good due to the massive amount of small fish we caught (2 inches). However, I do think that the adult fish are not there in numbers, but the ones that are there, are very large.
We started fishing at the upper weir limit and covered the whole stretch, then returned to the upper half later in the day as we blanked in the lower section. I found some fish mid morning, caught 2 and lost one. My fishing partner was fishing just down stream and he had one at the same time. I found some fish later in the day and had 4 more grayling, one of these fish was a re capture as it had a split mouth from the scissors along (fully healed).
The weights were : 1.14lb, 1.15lb, 2lb, 2.08lb, 2 fish unknown, 2.09lb, 2.095 lb (caught twice).
I think the cormorants are having a good feast in this stretch and after talking to the farmer this was confirmed.
All in all, a superb, beautiful stretch of river that we thoroughly enjoyed fishing. I hope the lovely large ladies of the stream survive and put a smile on more anglers faces.

8 Grayling

We caught 6 good sized grayling and 2 brown trout between us. We were trotting with maggots and also caught lots of very small young grayling (2 to 3 inches long), which looks good for the future. One of the trout had a cormorant stab wound on its flank.

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

River in nice condition but disappointing fishing. Several cormorants seen. I'm sure they are not helping.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Well I thought I had chosen the venue well, cracking beat to look at! Fished nymph the few hours I was there to no success whatsoever. Huge amount of fly life on the water but nothing coming up at all even in the shallow pools. Total blank I'm afraid.

Pleasant day trotting maggots down this lovely stretch of river. No grayling but loads of brown trout. Stopped fishing just after lunch as wasn't happy catching so many out of season trout!

11 Trout

River in fine condition, clear, and steady levels. Crisp November day. One rod fly, one trotting with maggots. Both caught one small grayling each. Fly angler fishing Czech nymph style and fish took a flashback pheasant tail on the dropper.
Lovely stretch, lots of yellow wagtails about and kingfishers, just couldn't locate the fish today. No OOS brownies.

2 Grayling

Just too much water for sensible trotting.

2 Trout