Spate · Mixed · Somerset

River Brue

The River Brue flowing through Bruton, Somerset
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River Brue at Bruton, Somerset

Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0

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

Prime · Brown Trout
CDC Emerger · 14-18
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
75% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.20 mDropping in the last 6h
  • Water temp16.4°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
CDC Emerger
CDC Emerger14-18
Upstream dry, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.20 m
Dropping in the last 6h
Water temp16.4°C
ClarityClear
Weather17°C
WindNE 27 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

Live readings only. Trends shown where the gauge supports them.

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
16.4°Cideal 1016°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.
Why this works
Excellent — water clarity is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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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 · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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March BrownHatch
2
3
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
BB
Black Beetle
14-18 · Pattern
Upstream dry, on top
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 75%
How the 82 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature90 × 28%25.2
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity50 × 12%6.0
Conditions total= 82
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout15 March → 30 September
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