Ian Mackinnon an Ogmore Club member for the past 2 seasons, has just returned home to London, with a life's time ambition complete.

We all know how difficult it is to catch sea trout, however Ian set him self a challenge that most of us can only dream, landing a double figure Welsh sewin. A dedicated fly fisherman for over 40yrs, Ian has fished all over the world, in pursuit of specimen fish. The 1980's he turned his attention to mainly still water staking where he managed to break most of his local still water records, landing Brown Trout over 12lb & Rainbows over 13lb. However, his greatest pleasure and achievement to date has been a truly wide Welsh Sewin weighing in at 11lb 10oz, from the River Ewenny on 5th of August 2004.

Ian has been fishing for Sea trout for 5 years, four of those seasons on the Rivers Ogmore & Ewenny. His last trip consisted of four nights fishing the Ewenny River, much favored as it suits his style of fishing. Ian loves to spot and stalk fish during daylight hours, at night he chooses pools very carefully, many of which look impossible to fish even by day, but some how he manages to cast his fly just in the right spot.

In four nights on the Ewenny, Ian landed fish weighing 1lb 13oz, 3lb 5oz. , 4lb 14oz, with the largest being 11lb 10oz.