Fishing in Showley Fold

44.4 miles from Showley Fold

Greenfield Dock is a sheltered, tidal dock/harbour basin on the Dee Estuary near Greenfield, fished from accessible quay walls, railings and adjacent hard standing. It’s a quiet, snaggy venue with silty channels and short-range casting, best around the flooding tide when fish push in to feed; expect typical estuary sport...

44.6 miles from Showley Fold

Talacre Beach is a long, open sandy shore at the mouth of the Dee Estuary, with easy access from the Talacre/Camping area and plenty of room to spread out; fishing is typical surf/flatfish and rays over sand with occasional mixed ground and channels, best worked with a bit of range...

44.6 miles from Showley Fold

Talacre Lighthouse is a wide, gently shelving sand-and-mud foreshore on the Dee Estuary side of Point of Ayr, fished by a long walk from the Talacre beach car parks across firm sand to the channels and banks around the lighthouse. It’s mainly a clean-ground venue where distance and tide-reading matter:...

44.6 miles from Showley Fold

Flint Foreshore is a wide, very shallow Dee Estuary foreshore of mud and sand with patches of shingle and scattered rocks, fished mainly by casting from the promenade/sea wall and lower foreshore on bigger tides. Access is easy from Flint town with short walks, but the ground is soft and...

44.6 miles from Showley Fold

Point of Ayr sits at the mouth of the Dee Estuary with wide sand and mudflats giving way to channels and banks; shore access is on foot from the Point of Ayr/Gronant dunes and along the estuary edge, with fishing often done by wading to reach run-off gullies on the...

44.7 miles from Showley Fold

Bagillt Foreshore is a low-lying Dee Estuary shoreline of mixed mud, sand and broken ground with patches of stones and old sea-defence debris, fished mainly by short walks from the coastal path/foreshore access points and setting up on firm sand or shingle. It’s typical estuary shore angling: best around the...