Chalk · Normandy / Calvados (Pays d'Auge), FR

Touques

00 7497 Trouville-sur-Mer
Poor · Brown Trout
Parachute Adams · 14-16
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • Level0.25 mLast reading 4h ago
  • Water temp14.8°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Parachute Adams
Parachute Adams14-16
Upstream dry
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.25 m
Last reading 4h ago
Water temp14.8°C
ClarityClear
Weather18°C
WindSW 22 km/h
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent0.6 mm
Rain · ahead0.6 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
15°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
April olives and CDC grannom in the morning; iron blue from late afternoon. Through the open season, mid-March into late September. Chalk-stream pace — slow water, careful approach.
Where
Pool tails, weeded glides, and the ranunculus runs through Lisieux and the upper beats. Watch under the alders for trout sipping in the cushion of slow water.
Method
Upstream dry to spotted rising fish; CDC grannom or iron blue in size 16. Long leader, fine tippet — French chalk water reads every line wrinkle. Move slowly, cast accurately, get it right first time.
Kit
9 ft #4 — chalk-stream default. Floating line, 14 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Polarising glasses are non-negotiable. Wade lightly where local rules allow.
Likely species
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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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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Freshwater ShrimpHatch
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Mayfly (Green Drake)Hatch
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Brown SedgeHatch
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Small SpurwingHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Fly box · Brown Trout
Beats · 1

The Touques is association water, not a chain of estate beats. The Parages association runs numbered fly parcours around Lisieux, mostly no-kill, covered by its own day card. Sea trout need the migratory-fish stamp (timbre migrateur) on top of the card.

Parages fly parcours (Lisieux area)Day tickets
A set of numbered fly parcours around Lisieux, run on a no-kill basis, on the Touques and its tributary the Orbiquet.
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Carte de pêche with timbre migrateur required for sea trout
  • AAPPMA permits
  • Check Calvados departmental arrêté for exact dates and quota.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
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Rainbow trout · Brown trout · Char
Gallery · 2
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  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Moderate
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Good → Moderate corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody FRHR140 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · FRHR140

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 Time75 × 13%9.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity67 × 12%8.0
Conditions total= 86
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Sea trout 25 April → 25 October
  • Trout 2.º Saturday de March → 3.º Sunday de September

Salmon: Banned (2026) — Atlantic salmon fishing banned across the Seine-Normandie basin in 2026.

Sea trout: Seasonal open (2026) — Touques — the most productive sea trout river in Normandy, draining the Livarot/Lisieux hills to the Channel near Deauville. Active, well-documented sea trout fishery with genuine localised stocks and a night-fishing tradition. Permit required (AAPPMA local chapter). Night extension rules apply on designated reaches.

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