Club · River Dane and Clough Brook, Cheshire
Macclesfield Flyfishers Club
£235/yr membership 5 beats Day tickets
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Open membership
Anyone can join, from £235 a year, with no waiting list.
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Day tickets
Non-members can buy a ticket for a single day.
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5 beats on 2 rivers
Each one is listed below with its own page.
About Macclesfield Flyfishers Club
Macclesfield Flyfishers Club is a small fly fishing club, formed in 1949, that offers fishing on both stillwater and river. Its main water is Ridgegate Reservoir, a 30 acre reservoir in Macclesfield Forest, on the south western edge of the Peak District National Park, which the club leases from United Utilities and stocks with rainbow and brown trout. It also fishes about nine miles of the upper River Dane along the Cheshire and Staffordshire border, and a large part of the Dane’s tributary Clough Brook, for wild brown trout. The club says there is no stocking on the river, every fish must be returned and hooks must be barbless or de-barbed.
Membership is limited to 100. For 2026 the club charges £235 for seniors (21 and over), £117.50 for intermediates (18 to 20) and £50 for juniors (under 18), who must be accompanied at all times, and it waived its normal £100 joining fee for 2026. The club also sells day tickets for the Hug Bridge beat of the River Dane in the trout season. To ask about membership or day tickets, use the contact form on the club’s website.
How fishing here works
- Open membership
- Anyone can join. There is no waiting list, and membership is usually bought straight from the club.
- Day tickets
- Non-members can buy a ticket for a single day, sold alongside membership.
Membership and waiting list
Membership
£235 / year
Waiting list
No waiting list
Membership is open, so anyone can join.
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Macclesfield Flyfishers Club
Club · Cheshire
- 5
- beats
- 2
- rivers
- £235
- a year
- Website
- www.maccflyfishersclub.co.uk
You join and buy tickets through the club itself.
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£235 / year
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