Stillwater · Mixed · Jura / Franche-Comté

Lac Saint-Point

Photo of Lac Saint-Point
Marginal · Trout
Small Perdigón · 16-20
A patient day, if you fancy it
Water temperature is the limiting factor today, not the wave. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
41% confidence
limited data

Lac Saint-Point is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 4 km/hCalm
Today's fly
Small Perdigón
Small Perdigón16-20
Euro-nymph
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Calm
NW 4 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
WaveFlat calm
Water temp
Air temp27°C
CloudClear
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Lac Saint-Point. Flat calm means fish may be spookier — longer leaders and subtler flies will help. Very warm conditions — trout have a narrower safe zone of cool, oxygen-rich water. Fish only at first light or last light, use barbless hooks, keep fish in the water during release, and stop if fish struggle to recover. Evening can bring a surface rise — have a dry fly or emerger ready.
Where
Start with Small Perdigón (16-20) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Small Perdigón (16-20) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

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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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Black MidgeHatch
2
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
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
41%
Cloud25%
Wind65%
Temp25%

Conditions are away from Lac Saint-Point's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Photo of Lac Saint-Point
    Lac Saint-Point
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Why this score
  • summer conditions with clear skies and calm wind.
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