Born into a rural family, Morgan became a head teacher, but his love of fly-fishing led him into media opportunities in Welsh radio and television.

One of the definitive writers of books relating to fly-fishing within Wales, Morgan became an important administrator in Welsh, British and European aspects of the sport.

Morgan was born in 1928 in Pontrhydfendigaid, Dyfed in Wales, he was the second eldest of five siblings, whose father was a railway worker.

[1] He worked on a hill farm as a youth, but on leaving secondary education he matriculated to Trinity College, Carmarthenshire.

After completing his education he undertook national service and on returning to Wales he took up the position of teacher at Pontrhydfendigaid School.

[1] His favoured fish was sea trout, and he would spend his summers on the River Teifi as they returned to their spawning grounds.

[2] In June 1986 the former American president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn were visiting friends in mid Wales.