Chalk · Normandy / Calvados (Pays d'Auge), FR

Touques

Touques venue image
Prime · Brown Trout
Spent Spinner · 16-20
Temporary closureReported 13 Aug 2026

Fishing banned on category-1 (salmonid) water — arrêté sécheresse

Préfectoral drought order n°37566 puts the Secteur Touques - ESU (dépt 14) surface-water zone at severe (alerte renforcée) and restricts angling itself — "Interdit sur les cours d’eau de première catégorie piscicole (voir en annexe 3)". The order runs to 2026-10-31; read it before travelling.

Arrêté préfectoral n°37566 ↗

Temporary notices from official orders and recent fishery reports — they clear automatically once out of date.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

Primelive now
About as good as it gets
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.25 mLast reading 23h ago
  • Water temp15.8°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Spent Spinner
Spent Spinner16-20
Upstream dry
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.25 m
Last reading 23h ago
Water temp15.8°C
ClarityClear
Weather15°C
WindS 15 km/h
Pressure1008 hPa
Rain · recent15.7 mm
Rain · ahead5.6 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
Ideal
16°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
April olives and CDC grannom in the morning; iron blue from late afternoon. Through the open season, mid-March into late September. Chalk-stream pace — slow water, careful approach.
Where
Pool tails, weeded glides, and the ranunculus runs through Lisieux and the upper beats. Watch under the alders for trout sipping in the cushion of slow water.
Method
Upstream dry to spotted rising fish; CDC grannom or iron blue in size 16. Long leader, fine tippet — French chalk water reads every line wrinkle. Move slowly, cast accurately, get it right first time.
Kit
9 ft #4 — chalk-stream default. Floating line, 14 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Polarising glasses are non-negotiable. Wade lightly where local rules allow.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Sea trout runRun
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Trout seasonSeason
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Freshwater ShrimpHatch
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Mayfly (Green Drake)Hatch
2
2
Brown SedgeHatch
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2
Small SpurwingHatch
2
3
3
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Carte de pêche avec timbre migrateur obligatoire pour la truite de mer
  • Permis AAPPMA
  • Vérifiez l'arrêté départemental du Calvados pour les dates exactes et le quota.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Moderate
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Good → Moderate corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody FRHR140 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · FRHR140

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How the 84 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity59 × 12%7.1
Conditions total= 84
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Sea trout 25 April → 25 October
  • Trout 2nd Saturday of March → 3rd Sunday of September

Salmon: Banned (2026) — Atlantic salmon fishing banned across the Seine-Normandie basin in 2026.

Sea trout: Seasonal open (2026) — Touques — the most productive sea trout river in Normandy, draining the Livarot/Lisieux hills to the Channel near Deauville. Active, well-documented sea trout fishery with genuine localised stocks and a night-fishing tradition. Permit required (AAPPMA local chapter). Night extension rules apply on designated reaches.

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