A southwesterly has held for 18 hours, running colder than the water (11°C air against 12°C water). The end it blows into is taking that chilled surface water, so try the sheltered south-western end instead — off the back of the wind, where the undertow returns food along the bottom. That chill sits in the top of the water, though, and the bed is slower to feel it — on a bottom bait it is the undertow, not the temperature, that puts you at this end. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.
Start with Caddis Emerger (12-16) on a As per local method. 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 gusts make a boat hard to hold — anchor in the lee or fish the sheltered bank.
A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Closer to wild-lake trout fishing than to competition réservoirs. More room for naturals, caddis, buzzer, terrestrial and modest lure use.
A reasonable day here, though wind isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A 9-hectare fly reservoir in the Armorican interior of the Côtes-d'Armor, stocked with rainbow trout and managed by the local federation. Float tubes are allowed, which is what makes the still water fish properly — you can work the margins and the drop-offs rather than flogging from the bank. A carte de pêche covers it. Spring and autumn are the honest windows; high summer slows as the shallow Breton water warms.
A 9-hectare fly reservoir in the Armorican interior of the Côtes-d'Armor, stocked with rainbow trout and managed by the local federation.
A southwesterly has held for 18 hours, running colder than the water (11°C air against 12°C water). The end it blows into is taking that chilled surface water, so try the sheltered south-western end instead — off the back of the wind, where the undertow returns food along the bottom. That chill sits in the top of the water, though, and the bed is slower to feel it — on a bottom bait it is the undertow, not the temperature, that puts you at this end. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.
Start with Caddis Emerger (12-16) on a As per local method. 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 gusts make a boat hard to hold — anchor in the lee or fish the sheltered bank.
A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
Hatch predictions
Top nymph shown — see all 3 guilds as a supporter.
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Top prey shown — see all 4 as a supporter.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Closer to wild-lake trout fishing than to competition réservoirs. More room for naturals, caddis, buzzer, terrestrial and modest lure use.
A reasonable day here, though wind isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A 9-hectare fly reservoir in the Armorican interior of the Côtes-d'Armor, stocked with rainbow trout and managed by the local federation. Float tubes are allowed, which is what makes the still water fish properly — you can work the margins and the drop-offs rather than flogging from the bank. A carte de pêche covers it. Spring and autumn are the honest windows; high summer slows as the shallow Breton water warms.
