Mountain Ash Fly Fishing Association

Over the past few years M.A.F.F.A. has undertaken a range of improvements at Penderyn aimed at installing new and updating existing facilities for the benefit of members and visitors alike, enabling us also to accommodate schools, groups and organisations, such as our local Scouts, who wish to try fly-fishing for themselves. Please see the Photo’s below

The Association is extremely indebted to the support and commitment of Natural Resources Wales, Tower Fund and several other funding bodies, notably Meadow Prospects, Interlink, The Welsh Church Act Fund and the National Lottery’s.

Awards for All Wales Fund, all of which have supported our endeavours to improve facilities for the benefit of angling at Penderyn Reservoir.

Working in partnership with Natural Resources Wales, we have undertaken improvements to our car park and pathways, making them disabled friendly, we have installed disabled casting platforms, as well as stairways enabling access along our stone reservoir banks and we have constructed a boat-mooring pontoon which provides easy access to our boats. All of these following on from the erection of our anglers’ cabin which was sourced through our own funds and erected by club volunteers.

We have recently installed a mini wind-turbine, solar panels and lighting courtesy of a grant from Awards for All Wales and we have now acquired a wheely-boat to enable anglers with a range of disabilities, particularly wheelchair anglers to experience boat fishing.

The Association holds its meetings at the Hirwaun Rugby Club, 32, High Street, Hirwaun CF44 9SL. 

Members meet at the Hirwaun Rugby Club on most Thursdays from 7:30 pm throughout the year with fly-tying classes over the winter months. All welcome.

The club also holds both boat and bank competitions on venues such as, Elan Valley,  Penderyn Reservoir,  Farmoor,  Chew Valley,  Blagdon and Llyn Clywedog.