Stillwater · Granite · Massif Central / Puy-de-Dôme (VolcanSancy)

Lac Servières

Lac Servières seen from its north-west shore, Orcival, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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Lac Servières, Volcan Sancy

Père Igor

Lac Servières is Guéry's quieter neighbour — a round, shallow volcanic lake sitting in a broad crater at 1200 metres, stocked with brown trout and fringed by the kind of high meadow that looks, frankly, like it was put there by someone with an advertising brief.

Fair · Trout
Small Perdigón · 16-20
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Glassy and bright — hard work without a breeze. Hard work without breeze. Look for the dimples.
46% confidence
limited data

Lac Servières is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 4 km/hCalm
Today’s fly
Small Perdigón
Small Perdigón16-20
Euro-nymph
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Calm
W 4 km/h
N
W
from the west
WaveFlat calm
Water temp
Air temp20°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for trout
When
May–October
Where
With limited drift, anchor or fish static from sheltered positions. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. In the calm, a single dry fly or a slowly-fished nymph tends to out-fish an active retrieve.
The plan
Plan A

With limited drift, anchor or fish static from sheltered positions. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. In the calm, a single dry fly or a slowly-fished nymph tends to out-fish an active retrieve.

Plan B

If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Flat calm suits bank fishing near features — points, weed beds, and inflows where fish patrol.

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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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
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Black MidgeHatch
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Murrough (Great Red Sedge)Hatch
1
2
1
Lake OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • AAPPMA permits.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
59%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp60%

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

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Lac Servières seen from its north-west shore, Orcival, Puy-de-Dôme, France
    Lac Servières, Volcan Sancy
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Lac Servières is Guéry's quieter neighbour — a round, shallow volcanic lake sitting in a broad crater at 1200 metres, stocked with brown trout and fringed by the kind of high meadow that looks, frankly, like it was put there by someone with an advertising brief. The fishing is best at the edges: wind lanes where terrestrials drift in, the weedy margins at first and last light, the deeper pocket near the outflow where the bigger fish hold. Wading is possible in places but a float-tube opens up the whole lake. Same inter-federal permit as Guéry. Shallower and more exposed than Pavin, but on a still summer morning with the mist lifting it's hard to argue with the atmosphere. Terrestrials and small nymphs fished slow. Not a river-fisher's obvious choice — but if you're in the Sancy for the week, skipping it would be foolish.

  • Lake
  • Granite
Water quality (WFD)
  • EcologyGood
  • ChemicalUnknown

WFD classification · FRFRR107B_1

Why this score
  • Murrough is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout2nd Saturday of March → 3rd Sunday of September
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