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Started mid day after heavy rain on a very very slow moving river. nymphing and dry on the bottom section below bridge only produced two trout of 12-13 inches and one grayling of 8 inches. once up past the bridge there were areas of pacier water where the rest of the grayling came from all between 12- 16 inches. the rest of the trout came from the top of the beat all taking size 20 dry . this is a great beat just needs a few days rain to raise levels to get that water moving

8 Trout, 7 Grayling

I booked the Leen beat as a Christmas present for my Dad in hope of catching him his first grayling.
The river was in perfect nick and the weather was warm so we had no excuses not to catch. The trout were hard on the feed making it very difficult to get through to the grayling. We persevered and managed 3 nice fish to over a pound including my Dads first ever grayling.
The majority of the fish were caught in the upstream half of the beat on double and single maggot. The fish were definitely sitting in the calmer water as the majority of bites came when fishing on the edge of of a crease.
We were also lucky enough to see an otter which came within 10 feet of us before vanishing back into the river!

13 Trout, 3 Grayling

River running powerfully with some colour. Had to keep moving to find the fish and all fish came from different swims, mostly from the deeper water upstream. A very well fed cormorant was working the upstream section all day, surfacing in front of me several times. Possibly explained why fish weren't shoaled up.
Undergrowth has been beaten down by recent floods and frosts making access to river easy. Over all, an enjoyable few hours trotting this lovely river.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Day spent trotting on this lovely piece of water, fish came from various swims along the beat. While fishing the last pool on the section, an otter appeared and caught what looked like a trout. Will definitely be back for another go.

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

My first time at The Leen trotting for winter Grayling. The river was flowing nicely and still quite coloured from recent rain. I started at pool above the lower weir and caught a nice Grayling of just below a pound with my first cast. I then fished back up the beat to the disused railway but no joy. Walked back to the top weir and again no luck, finishing off just upstream of the bridge. A nice couple of hours though, landowners were very friendly and I'd never caught a Grayling before!

1 Grayling

This beat was fished by two members of the Grayling Society on this occasion.

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

Disaster! Hoped to get 4-5 hours trotting before the river coloured and levels raised. After one hour the river was up 30 centimeters and was well coloured. In that hour three grayling 7-14 inches and three oos trout 6-9 inches were keen for maggots, then away they went sheltering from the amount of debris passing through the fishery. Did try a few slacker areas but nothing interested at all with my offerings.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

My first attempt at trotting for grayling. Quite a few fish caught though mainly small - largest fish just over a pound.

13 Grayling

All grayling came to Czech nymphs fished duo. Rained heavy a.m, once it stopped the fish became active. All grayling between 9-14 inches and one oos trout at 14 inches.

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

Not fished the Leen for a while and found it showing its ribs with the dry summer we have had. Found a pool near the hut where there was plenty of surface activity and caught two grayling on a light cahill. Avoiding drag was a problem so switched to a weighted red tag for another grayling. Had three more from another pool in the wooded area downstream of the weir. All fish were 10-12" and mainly cock fish. Some rain to lift the level by six inches or so would be most welcome.

6 Grayling