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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

After spending many hours searching for river beats we have booked in other parts of the country we were very impressed with both the text description & map. The booking system is great & the beat excellent. A bit frightening when a pack of hounds came through the swim within a few feet of me and ruining the swim. We will be using the foundation again & on a regular basis.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

12 x grayling 12-16 inches, 2 x out of season trout 12 and 15 inches, Pink Shrimp and Tungsten Hare's Ear. The dry spell continues, so Arrow is still very low and clear. I worked on some of the deeper runs and dubs with a short rod and two heavy nymphs - only one fish seen rising to some pale watery duns hatching during the afternoon so it didn't seem worth changing method. This was in fact a really nice bag of grayling: just two smaller fish and all the rest were like peas in a pod, 15 and 16 inches, which is most encouraging. Three or so years ago, more than half of the catch would have been stocked trout put in during the summer. Now the stocking has ceased and I am convinced the wild fish will have benefited (both the by-catch trout on this occasion were wild Arrow fish). Otherwise, Herefordshire looked as good as it always does in autumn colours (I admit this, even though I am a Gloucestershire man) and apples everywhere waiting to be picked.

2 Trout, 12 Grayling