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River Brue (Somerset) — a spot well known among anglers. About 66 km long. Flows into Bristol Channel. Close by — Glastonbury and Wells. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
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The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them. The longest river around: all 9 neighbours are shorter.
Somerset: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perch | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Dace | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| European eel | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Grayling | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Ruffe | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Whitefish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Barbel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Bream | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | active | active | peak | active | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair | fair |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Bleak | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Brue — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 12 °C — inside the 4–14 °C comfort range for Atlantic salmon, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 9 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an average month for Atlantic salmon here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Drizzle · feels like +2°
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Brue — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
Drizzle: 9–15 °C
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Measured river conditions are available for River Brue: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
Environment Agency gauge River Brue at Bruton Surgery, 2 mi away · typical 0.19–0.67 m · measured 2026-10-21 04:30 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision