Freestone · Granite · Vosges / Vosges (88) (Rabodeau valley), FR

Rabodeau

France : Vosges : Lorraine : Vosges : Vallée du Rabeaudeau près de Moyenmoutier

Vosges mountain stream with strict fly-only and no-kill regulation protecting wild trout.

Tomorrow · Closed season
Coch-y-bonddu
New ruleReported 16 Jul 2026

Severe drought restrictions (crise) in force

VigiEau lists this venue's surface-water zone (Moselle amont et Meurthe partie du département 88, dépt 88) at crise, under an official préfectoral drought arrêté. Fishing is not itself banned by it, but water levels are low — go gently on stressed fish.

Arrêté préfectoral n°37290 ↗

Temporary notices from official orders and recent fishery reports — they clear automatically once out of date. Always confirm locally before travelling.

Forecast · Tomorrow
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Coch-y-bonddu
Coch-y-bonddu
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.46 m
Lifting fast
Water temp17.0°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather20°C
WindN 10 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead13.3 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
Warm — slow
17°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Likely species
Caddisflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 6pm

12pm(now) — Heather Fly

Stage: Terrestrials on topApproach: Dry flyActivity: 33%
Also:Reed Smut29%Cinnamon Sedge28%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost7 food groups active

Peak activity at 6pm — Evening Sedge (Evening Sedge, Weather boost)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 3 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Top prey shown — see all 3 as a supporter.

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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 · September highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Freshwater ShrimpHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
1
Autumn OliveHatch
1
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box

More balanced than the mountain-river pack. French nymphing still matters, but there is more room for dries, spiders and general searching flies.

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • AAPPMA permits.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Plaine
14 km
0
Brown trout · Grayling
Vologne
34 km
0
Brown trout
Messang Salmoniculture
32 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Domaine de Champs sur l'Eau
32 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout · Char
Moselotte
45 km
Brown trout · Grayling
Gallery · 2
  1. France : Vosges : Lorraine : Vosges : Vallée du Rabeaudeau près de Moyenmoutier
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Vosges mountain stream with strict fly-only and no-kill regulation protecting wild trout. Granitic freestone terrain. Backcountry water where the fish and resource matter more than volume. Spring through early autumn fishing. Local-strain trout management. Check with local AAPPMA for permits.

Hatches & food

In Vosges granite catchments, trout in cool freestone streams feed on early and spring olives once levels settle after winter, daytime stoneflies over clean, stony runs, a broad band of evening caddis supported by rich bug life in the region, steady small buzzer activity on mild days, and terrestrials strongest where the river is hemmed in by forest.

  • Granite
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Moderate → Good corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody FRCR295 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · FRCR295

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature76 × 28%21.3
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity64 × 12%7.7
Conditions total= 77
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 2nd Saturday of March → 3rd Sunday of September
Related guides
Pyrenees PlaybookFrench riversEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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