Spate · Mixed · Somerset

River Brue

The Brue rises on the Mendip and runs through Bruton, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels to the Bristol Channel.

Species

About as good as it gets

Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.

75% confidence in this read
Water temperature for brown trout
Cool — slow
9°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature8928% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time7013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Insect activity4812% weight
Conditions
Level
Dry recently
No gauge reading
Water temp
9.4°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
13°C
Wind
NW 8 km/h
Light breeze
Pressure
1022 hPa
Rain · 48h
0.0 mm
No meaningful rain
Rain · ahead
0.0 mm
No meaningful rain · next 48h

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

How to fish it · for brown trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Excellent — water clarity is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Through the year
0–3 scale · May highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
March BrownHatch
2
3
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2
Yellow SallyHatch
2
3
2

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

Directions
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About this water

The Brue rises on the Mendip and runs through Bruton, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels to the Bristol Channel. The fly fishing is the upper river around Bruton — a short stretch of wild brown trout water below the Bruton Dam, mostly fished by Bruton and District Angling Association. The water has a slight chalk-stream character from the Mendip limestone influence but fishes as a modest small-stream trout fishery rather than a chalk destination. Below Lovington the river enters the Levels and turns coarse. Bruton Dam is the practical upstream limit for fly fishing.

  • Mixed
Seasons & zones
  • Trout15 March → 30 September
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