Chauvet is smaller and less famous than Pavin, which is the case for most lakes in the Monts Dore and is generally why they reward the visit. It is another volcanic crater — same genesis, similar geometry, similar clear cold water — and it is one of the quieter fly venues in the Auvergne on any given day. The fish are small and wild and behave like fish that have not been hammered. Shore access is straightforward; boats are not generally needed. This is the sort of water you drive to when you want to spend a long afternoon casting small flies at a beautiful piece of crater without having to think about anything else, which is a kind of fishing that gets undervalued by people who measure success in centimetres.
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