Trotting a float on the River Brue 

My first fishing trip of 2024 - Winter trotting on the River Brue at Lydford, in Somerset. A lovely Christmas and New Year period dedicated to family makes this session the first for a few weeks and it’s great to be back next to water.
Although the fish aren’t notably big, the winter setting is stunning and the river hosts a good variety of coarse fish species, as well as the odd rogue brown trout.
There’s someone mesmerising and therapeutic about trotting a float down the river. Reading the currents and managing the rod, line and speed of drift. It all keeps the mind focused. My friend Harry is very much a river man and watching him control the float and chatting fish again is an absolute pleasure.
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