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My first attempt at grayling fishing! Good weather and water height on a lovely stretch of river. I caught a 15in grayling on a heavy bug in the first five minutes but after that just a couple of pulls that I failed to connect with.

1 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

Water levels still running through at some pace. Most fish came between 1pm and 2pm. 2 grayling over 16 inches, others about 14 inches. All trout over 12 inches. All took size 16 point fly, nothing taking the droppers. River at .57 on the gauge, .45 would be ideal to give nymphs more time to work their way through the feeding lanes. Had a couple of grayling on bigger but lost them to hook pulls in the strong current. Still this beat is a cracker and on its day could yield some stonking fish.

5 Trout, 5 Grayling

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

1 Trout

This beat was fished by members of the Grayling Society on this occasion. 14 X Grayling (15 - 35cms) 10 X Trout (15 - 30cms)

10 Trout, 14 Grayling

This beat was fished by a member of the Grayling Society on this occasion.

This beat was fished by members of the Grayling Society on this occasion. Grayling c30cms Trout (15 - 30cms)

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

Just had a couple of hours to spare, but unfortunately I got my timing wrong as the overnight/early morning rain had raised the level sufficiently to colour the water up.
One tree down on the lower section and one leaning precariously just upstream of this one. Good to be out but no takes.

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

Coldest day of the year? Spent the first two hours clearing ice from the guides. Really bright sun,low in the sky and behind me all day causing unavoidable long shadows,water crystal clear. Fished tungsten bead nymphs...first fish a decent sized trout 15" or so and then only one small 9" grayling...couldn't locate the shoal though. Good to be out again!

1 Trout, 1 Grayling