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3 x grayling 10-11 inches, 2 x out of season trout 11-12 inches, trotting. Marginal fishing, in more ways than one. With 2 foot 6 inches on the gauge and raining heavily, I'm not sure why I try things like this. Friends will say, because I have nothing better to do. The rain kept falling, river went on rising, fish eventually switched off and I went home at lunchtime. Abernant, on reflection, might have been a better bet today.

3 Grayling

This stretch of water was lovely to fish. We used various flies through the day. A single grayling (+- 10 inches) fell to a pheasant tail nymph. We had a lovely day and will return.

1 Grayling

River was in flood with considerable debris collecting on line soon after bait had settled. No fish to either angler I'm afraid. Still, a superb day out in a wonderful location. A few days without rain and I'm sure it will fish well.

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

Nil caught - we had set our heart on pike but met a rising river. Had a heart stopping moment when a large dog otter burst out of the water at my feet as I lifted out a 4 inch brass spoon. Thank goodness I didn't hook it.

9 Chub on bread pellet and cheese paste. River rose 18" during the afternoon so I called it a day at 3.30pm. Way to many leaves in the river even a rod length out.

9 Chub

Lovely stretch of river. River running low and clear. 4 out of season wbt taken on Czech nymph. No sign of Grayling. Will definitely book again.

4 Trout

4 Chub

Struggled with the leaves today, no fish, just a good day off work!

Spent three hours Trotting maggot on a float. A little slow to start but the fish soon showed up. Plenty of takes but missed the majority. Reasonable sized fish in very good condition. The river was crystal clear, a few salmon on their last legs clearly visible in the runs.

4 Grayling