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River Brue

The River Brue flowing through Bruton, Somerset

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

Poor · Brown Trout
Gold-ribbed Hare's Ear · 10-14
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • Level0.24 mLast reading 2h ago
  • Water temp13.5°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Gold-ribbed Hare's Ear
Gold-ribbed Hare's Ear10-14
Upstream, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.24 m
Last reading 2h ago
Water temp13.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather15°C
WindSE 21 km/h
Pressure1011 hPa
Rain · recent1.9 mm
Rain · ahead1.3 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
Ideal
14°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
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.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11am

Hatch predictions

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalHigh confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
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March BrownHatch
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3
2
CapererHatch
2
3
3
2
Heather FlyHatch
2
2
Autumn DunHatch
2
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box

A small Mendip-edge wild-brown stream around Bruton — modest fish, quiet water, and a short hop when the bigger rivers are busy. It turns coarse below Lovington.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. The River Brue flowing through Bruton, Somerset
    River Brue at Bruton, Somerset
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
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
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity60 × 12%7.2
Conditions total= 85
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 15 March → 30 September
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