Stillwater · Granite · Limousin / Haute-Vienne (Peyrilhac)

Réservoir de la Boisserie

Réservoir de la Boisserie terrain map

La Boisserie is a two-hectare fly-only federal reservoir twenty kilometres north of Limoges — which is to say, it is the sort of venue that exists because the local federation decided a long time ago that fly anglers deserved a dedicated water and have been quietly stocking and running it ever since.

Fair · Rainbow
CDC Emerger · 16-18
New ruleReported 2 Jul 2026

Severe drought restrictions (crise) in force

The Bassin Vienne amont zone (Dept 87) is at crise — the second-highest French drought tier — under a préfectoral arrêté. Fishing itself is not named as prohibited, but water is severely restricted and flows are likely very low; fish with care and check locally.

Arrêté préfectoral n°37065 ↗

Temporary notices from official orders and recent fishery reports — they clear automatically once out of date.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

Fairlive now
Evening session looks promising at Réservoir de la Boisserie
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.
61% confidence

Réservoir de la Boisserie is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 12 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
CDC Emerger
CDC Emerger16-18
Dead-drift
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
NW 12 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp28°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

Some readings unavailable — check directly before fishing.

How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Current conditions suit Réservoir de la Boisserie well for summer tactics. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. 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. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. 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. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. 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
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Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
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2
Lake OliveHatch
2
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2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
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1

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

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box

More balanced than the mountain-river pack. French nymphing still matters, but there is more room for dries, spiders and general searching flies.

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Federal fly-only reservoir (Haute-Vienne federation)
  • Day 20€ / annual 50€
  • No-kill in summer; 1-fish limit in cooler months.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
77%
Cloud100%
Wind100%
Temp25%

A good match for Réservoir de la Boisserie — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

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About this water

La Boisserie is a two-hectare fly-only federal reservoir twenty kilometres north of Limoges — which is to say, it is the sort of venue that exists because the local federation decided a long time ago that fly anglers deserved a dedicated water and have been quietly stocking and running it ever since. Brown trout, rainbow trout, and brook salmon (which in France usually means saumon de fontaine, brook char) are all stocked regularly. Day tickets are twenty euros, an annual is fifty, which makes this one of the cheapest serious fly tickets in western Europe. No-kill rules apply through the warm months and a one-fish limit in the cooler season. The water is granite runoff — cool, clear, a bit tannin-stained after rain — and the stocking is managed for fish that are fit to catch rather than fat to weigh. A good, honest venue.

  • Fishery
  • Granite
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout Year-round → Year-round
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Booking & contacts
Permits & access