Personally I never go lighter than 5x for brookies, and that is only in low water. Too easy to lose flies to branches. Google/learn the bow and arrow cast, saves a lot of trouble dealing with branches. Shenandoah streams are actually fairly open casting as far as brookie water goes, but I still use the bow and arrow most of the time to play it safe. If the water is on the high side (likely the case this time of year), Try skating a dry fly or twitching it in place over their heads. The speed of the current can take it out of their feeding lane before they get a chance to see it. Try to get your fly to land in slow water if possible, that way they have more time to see it.
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