Stillwater · Mixed · North Wales / Flintshire

Paper Mill Fishery

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Paper Mill Fishery is an established day-ticket venue in Flintshire — professionally managed trout ponds where stocked rainbows and browns provide reliable sport.

Good · Rainbow
Diawl Bach · 12-14
Goodlive now
Good summer conditions for Paper Mill Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Fishable ripple — drift the productive shore.
65% confidence
What moved it
  • WindS 18 km/hGentle breeze
Today’s fly
Diawl Bach
Diawl Bach12-14
Washing-line, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
S 18 km/h
N
S
from the south
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp
Air temp15°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for rainbow
When
Current conditions suit Paper Mill Fishery well for summer tactics. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Early morning is often the most productive window in summer — make the most of it.
Where
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
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2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
71%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp100%

A good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

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Gallery · 1
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About this water

Paper Mill Fishery is an established day-ticket venue in Flintshire — professionally managed trout ponds where stocked rainbows and browns provide reliable sport. The fishery model is clean: arrive, book, fish. Buzzer and nymph fishing is standard; spring and early summer are best. The working-fishery atmosphere (as opposed to holiday-resort sprawl) means serious anglers and genuine fly-fishing focus. A solid, no-pretense day-ticket venue for North Welsh fly fishers.

  • Fishery
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for summer fishing.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 January → 31 December
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