Karst · Limestone · Franche-Comté / Doubs

Reverotte

Reverotte terrain map
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The Reverotte is the Dessoubre's principal tributary and, depending on who you talk to, either the best-kept secret of the Doubs or just a smaller Dessoubre.

Marginal · Brown Trout
CDC Emerger · 16-20
Marginallive now
Slow going — pick your moments
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelLight rain recentlyNo gauge reading
  • Water temp18.9°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
CDC Emerger
CDC Emerger16-20
Dead-drift
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Level
Light rain recently
No gauge reading
Water temp18.9°C
ClarityClear
Weather22°C
WindS 12 km/h
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent2.2 mm
Rain · ahead10.1 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
19°C est.ideal 1016°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.
Why this works
⚠️ Water at 18.9°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots. Otherwise poor — water clarity is in the right range.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalModerate confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Grayling seasonSeason
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Brown SedgeHatch
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Freshwater ShrimpHatch
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Blue Winged OliveHatch
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Mayfly (Green Drake)Hatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
Gammarus Scud (Olive)
Gammarus Scud (Olive)
12-16 · Gammarus Scud
Dead-drift, sub-surface
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • AAPPMA locale — gestion partagée avec des parcours de la Dessoubre par endroits
  • Mouche uniquement et no-kill sur certains secteurs.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 1
Water here around 19°C — probably warm enough to stress brown trout. These are likely cooler.
About this water

The Reverotte is the Dessoubre's principal tributary and, depending on who you talk to, either the best-kept secret of the Doubs or just a smaller Dessoubre. It's both, really. Short — under thirty kilometres — it runs through the same limestone plateau and feeds the same big grayling down in the Dessoubre's lower reaches. Walking up it feels like being let into a private beat: narrow in places, pocket water in others, the occasional deep glide where you can cover three fish with the same cast if you're clumsy. The trout are mostly small and the grayling are mostly not, which is a pleasant inversion of how these things usually go. It's the kind of river you show up on with a single fly box and no particular plan, and leave with an evening's worth of stories you'll tell badly at the bar.

  • Limestone
Water quality (WFD)
  • EcologyPoor
  • ChemicalUnknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Good → Poor corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody FRDR10873 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · FRDR10873

The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 80%
How the 34 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature41 × 28%11.5
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity65 × 12%7.8
Conditions total= 67
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout2nd Saturday of March → 3rd Sunday of September
  • Grayling3rd Saturday of May → 3rd Sunday of September

    France national rule: grayling opens 3rd Saturday of May in all waters. In 1st category (salmonid) rivers, grayling closes with the trout season on the 3rd Sunday of September. Departmental regulations may impose additional restrictions. Always check the relevant département's 2026 arrêté préfectoral.

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