Freestone · Granite · Normandy / Manche (Avranches), FR

Sée

Cuves - Rives de la Sée
Poor · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Noireau
  • Water temp13.7°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Noireau
Water temp13.7°C
ClarityClear
Weather17°C
WindSW 18 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent4.7 mm
Rain · ahead1.8 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Noireau. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
14°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Through the open trout season — opens 2nd Saturday of March; spring olives; sedges through summer; small dark flies into late September.
Where
Normandy chalk-stream character — pool tails, weeded glides, ranunculus runs. The Sée is intimate water; read it carefully.
Method
Upstream dry to spotted rising fish — long leader, fine tippet. The Sée's water is clear and demanding. Move slowly, cast accurately.
Kit
9 ft #4 — chalk-stream default. Floating line, 14 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Polarising glasses non-negotiable.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6 Uhr

Hatch predictions

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalHigh confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
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Sea trout runRun
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Trout seasonSeason
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Mayfly (Green Drake)Hatch
2
2
Freshwater ShrimpHatch
2
3
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Fly box · Brown Trout
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • AAPPMA Sée / Fédération Manche
  • Sea trout night fishing permitted in summer.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Cuves - Rives de la Sée
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown

WFD classification · FRHR345

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity51 × 12%6.1
Conditions total= 82
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Noireauproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Sea trout 11 March → 31 October
  • Trout 2. Saturday im March → 3. Sunday im September

Salmon: Banned (2026) — Salmon fishing is closed throughout the Seine-Normandie basin, fresh and estuarine, under the 2026–27 basin order.

Sea trout: Negligible (2026) — 1 declared sea trout in 2024. Biologically present but rod catches negligible.

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