Stillwater · Chalk · Eure (27) / Appeville-Annebault

Pisciculture du Claireau

Pisciculture Du Claireau venue image

A commercial put-and-take fishery near Appeville-Annebault in Eure, stocking rainbow trout, brown trout and char.

Fair · Rainbow
Chironome · 12-16
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
48% confidence
limited data

Pisciculture du Claireau is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindN 19 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
CH
Chironome12-16
Static
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
N 19 km/h
N
N
from the north
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp
Air temp22°C
CloudClear
Pressure1014 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Pisciculture du Claireau. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Evening can bring a surface rise — have a dry fly or emerger ready.
Where
Start with Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. When no hatch is visible, a buzzer team — black stripped quill on the point, attractor or pearl-rib on the top dropper — is the default starting point on any UK stillwater.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. When no hatch is visible, a buzzer team — black stripped quill on the point, attractor or pearl-rib on the top dropper — is the default starting point on any UK stillwater.

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-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
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
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Private commercial fishery
  • 3 ponds (3000/2800/1000 m2), coup/moulinet, visitors given a trout on arrival
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
52%
Cloud25%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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About this water

A commercial put-and-take fishery near Appeville-Annebault in Eure, stocking rainbow trout, brown trout and char. 3 ponds (3000/2800/1000 m2), coup/moulinet, visitors given a trout on arrival No standard carte de peche needed — day tickets are bought directly from the venue. Call ahead to confirm current stocking and pricing.

  • Fishery
  • Chalk
Water quality (WFD)
  • EcologyUnknown
  • ChemicalUnknown
Why this score
  • summer conditions with clear skies and breezy wind.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout Year-round (venue's own season — see access_notes)Year-round (venue's own season — see access_notes)
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