Waiting for 2013 Sea-Trout runs in France

[cmi]

Here in France the 2013 season starts quietly, with only a very few fishes catched. May be this is due to low temperatures we had during winter and spring ?
Do you experience the same thing within your rivers ?

[Rosewan]

Weather

you trying to tell us you have had spring over in France. I left my local river at 3.30 am yesterday and the temp was 2 deg i,m thinking of bying another set of thermals to go on top of the ones i,v got. Oh and i,v got a complaint for the moderator TT.. I tied up a few dioni,s over the winter after he was kind enough to give me one to copy, when i met him last year down the nith. My son put , a No 6 on the dropper on friday-sat night about 1.30am on the border esk and on his second cast was into a belter about 9 lbs eventualy when i got it in the net. It turned out to be a spanking sealiced Salmon!!!. He has asked me to see if you actualy!!! know any flies that catch seatrout lol :?

[Teifi-Terrorist]

Here in Fance the 2013 season starts quietly, with only a very few fishes catched. May be this is due to low temperatures we had during winter and spring ?
Do you experience the same thing within your rivers ?

Hi CMI,

yes, almost exactly the same. Very cold river and air temperatures and very lethargic fish. A few being taken on bait, where the fish don't have to move far to intercept. However, we're getting some warm weather at last, which should really get things moving.

TT.

[cmi]

The weather is improving now, and I have been lucky yesterday night with this 4 lb fish

[cullster]

Lovely fish cmi |\

Tight lines

Dai.

[silverstoat]

Great fish CMI.

Out of interest, which French rivers are good for sea trout?

[cmi]

Great fish CMI.

Out of interest, which French rivers are good for sea trout?

Following French rivers are very good for sea trout:

• Touques
• Arques and tributaries
• Canche
• Authie

Every year very big sea trouts are caught in river Seine.

[silverstoat]

Many thanks for the information CMI.

I saw on-line that the monitoring station on the river Touques at Breuil en Auge has recorded nearly 5500 migratory fish up to mid-September 2013. Sounds like a very impressive run of fish!

Can visiting anglers access sea trout fishing on La Touques, e.g. a week's holiday permit when the season re-opens next year? I'm liking the idea of Normandy cuisine and sea trout fishing at night.

Steff - have you ever run sea trout holidays in France?

Thanks,

Silver Stoat

[jasonballno1@talktalk.net]

Many thanks for the information CMI.

I saw on-line that the monitoring station on the river Touques at Breuil en Auge has recorded nearly 5500 migratory fish up to mid-September 2013. Sounds like a very impressive run of fish!

Can visiting anglers access sea trout fishing on La Touques, e.g. a week's holiday permit when the season re-opens next year? I'm liking the idea of Normandy cuisine and sea trout fishing at night.

Steff - have you ever run sea trout holidays in France?

Thanks,

Silver Stoat

Do we have a link for the online monitoring station???

[silverstoat]

Do we have a link for the online monitoring station???

Linked here.

[cmi]

Linked here.

You can get a video here http://isis.cca-informatique.fr/~fdp14/
In summer time you can see many fishes running