Chalk · Normandy / Calvados (Pays d'Auge)

Touques

Touques venue image
Poor · Brown Trout
Spent Spinner · 16-20
Temporary closureReported 1 Aug 2026

Official fishing restriction in force (arrêté sécheresse, alerte renforcée)

The Secteur Touques - ESU zone (Dept 14) is at alerte renforcée under a préfectoral drought arrêté, which prohibits fishing on first-category (salmonid) watercourses. Check the arrêté and with the local AAPPMA 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Temporary notices from official orders and recent fishery reports — they clear automatically once out of date.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.

Poorlive now
Not the day for it
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. This is not the day to push it. Check the thermal advice above before you head out.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.22 mLast reading 17h ago
  • Water temp23.3°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Spent Spinner
Spent Spinner16-20
Upstream dry
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.22 m
Last reading 17h ago
Water temp23.3°C
ClarityClear
Weather35°C
WindN 14 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead1.5 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
23°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
Water at 23.3°C. This is the line where catch-and-release kills brown trout. Do not fish for them today.
Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

Hatch predictions

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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 · August highlighted
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Trout 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
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Carte de pêche with timbre migrateur required for sea trout
  • AAPPMA permits
  • Check Calvados departmental arrêté for exact dates and quota.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 1
Probably above the Brown Trout safety line — these are likely cooler, but carry a thermometer.
St-Pierre-des-Ifs
25 km
~20°C
Rainbow trout
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

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 2 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature1 × 28%0.3
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity46 × 12%5.5
Limiting factor: Water temperature (23.3°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 54
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
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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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