I've just had a couple of excellent days fishing with Ade (stalker).

On Wednesday we fished the Ewenny. It was, in truth, difficult. We were optimistic at first with a warm day and plenty of fly life about. Indeed after about 20 minutes I had a lovely fish to a parachute adams and shortly after I missed one, I'm actually very good at missing takes to the dry! It then got cooler and although there were sporadic rises as the day went on there was no sustained feeding from the fish. After a very good lunch we pressed on and I even resorted to the nymph which I had hoped not to do. It made no difference. Ade noticed a lot of hawthorn fly and he took off the para adams (reluctantly, it is a great fish catcher) and put on the hawthorn. We then had some action, or at least Ade did. These wild fish take very quickly but he managed to bring one to hand just before we finished, thoroughly well deserved and very satisfying I thought. So not a hugely productive day, but great company on a very nice little river.

My brownie



Ade with a well earned fish



Nice river!




The following day was wet. In fact is was pouring down. We were fishing a very small stream and thankfully by the time we reached the water the rain had stopped. Dry flies again today, the trusty para adams. We walked to the bottom of the beat and worked up a river not much more than 10 feet wide. After a slow start, things picked up and I had 4 from one riffle, missing at leastr a couple of others. Then it started to rain, then it absolutely poured! Adjourned for another of Ade's excellent lunches. It dried up but the stream had coloured a bit. Nevertheless, I managed another fish which took the dry and obligingly held on for the minute or so it took me to realise what had happened and lift the rod. I then stupidly missed one. This fish rose, it was a tricky cast and Ade said he'd leave it to me to work out how to catch it. A perfect first cast (thank you God) put the fly in exactly the right place and up he came....and I missed by a mile. My lame excuse was "I wasn't expecting it" to which Ade very fairly commented that I had put the fly exactly where we had seen the rise so why didn't I expect it? Can't answer that, lack of practice/confidence in dry fly fishing I suppose. Must do more of it because, let's be honest, there is nothing more exciting than a fish taking a dry.

First fish coming in




Not exactly the Amazon....




So there we are. Maybe I didn't see the Ewenny at its best, who cares, they were both great days.

Thanks Ade!!

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Thanks Peter, I thoroughly enjoyed the day's also. For someone who professes not to do much dry fly fishing, you are certainly an accomplished dry fly fisher!
I was gutted the E didn't play ball, believe me that was not the norm.
The second day was a real pleasure- even though I got a good soaking in that biblical downpour!
That little brook is a real gem isn't it?
Your company made the day's really enjoyable, and you are welcome back anytime (you'll have to use the return tickets anyway!)
Remember your shopping list - 3 doz size 16 para Adams and a quart of Frog's Fanny
Heres a few more pic's of two great day's fishing.




How good was that pool?


You'll be back to try this one again, i'm sure.

Ade.

Peter,

You'll soon be known as the traveling angler; and I'm sure your going to achieve Welsh Citizenship before too long!

Great post; and photos! Pleased to see Ade, was taking good care of you! And isn't the Ewenny a Beautiful little stream.

Mostyn

Now there's a thought, and your national anthmn doesn't sound like a funeral dirge either! Ade was great and the Ewenny was a cracker, very different to your little stream mate.

Devon/Cornwall next week! Praying for some warmer weather

Best wishes

Peter

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Don't forget your Para's and FF Pete
Hope you have a great time, see you soon.
A

Guys,

The last couple of pictures, is this up from the inlet at the corner pool, am struggling to identify it ?

Went on the ewenny anglers section this evening...very very poor, had one decent fish but about a dozen no bigger then my hand, in my eyes the river in that section has been totally ruined since its been split into two clubs.

I thought the last two off the bridge were from another river, not the Ewenny.

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