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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

Very tough going, low flow in water and very limited rises, what did rise was brought to hand: 5 oos trout all 12-16 inches. The few grayling and remaining oos trout came to very heavily weighted shrimp patterns. The trout was 9 inches grayling two at 14 inches 1 at 8 inches. Hard to locate grayling today...I have fished the beat adjoining the Leen upstream and been very lucky to witness otters working the pools with deadly precision..not so lucky for the fishery and fish stocks.. so maybe they have attacked the Leen also. My guess would be most definitely.

6 Trout, 3 Grayling

Trotted maggots in deeper pools and picked up four grayling of about 1lb each, the two trout were 12 and 18 inches, both in great condition and still quite plump which is a good sign. Struggled to locate the bigger grayling but did get snapped after a good tussle with a fish of about 2-3 pound who found the fast water and my mainline gave when I applied some pressure. Good to fish the Leen, sadly a wee bit to much water for my liking.

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

Six in total, 4 grayling to trotted maggot and two oos brownies also. River OK for first hour and half then rose rapidly and coloured up with the amount of rain. All came from the same pool. All grayling ten inches, one brownie 8 inches the other 14 inches. Shame the rain destroyed what promised to be a good days fishing but will be back on this beat once levels drop enough to give it another bash.

2 Trout, 4 Grayling