Hi Dave,
I've used a Cabella's TQR 5'6" four weight (TQR stands for tight quarters) for brookies and after some practice it worked fine. So much casting is quartering flicks upstream with the end of the run and water being your load or roll casting or even bow and arrow casting that the above fit the bill. In little streams with elevation and cover I can rarely do a real cast, other than when I find the odd pool here or there if things ever broaden out. I've even been on my knees hiding behind a boulder and done some Czech nymphing, though admittedly they were very short runs. No need to spend a ton. I forget how much my rod was but it was probably under $100. I already had 4wgt line.
Good luck! Brookies are the most beautiful fish in the world!
John
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> On Mar 9, 2019, at 9:51 PM, Dave Stephenson <dstephenson554@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I 'm foolishly going to try to chase mountain brookies this season. I say foolishly because I will wrap a tree limb in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay casting to stripers. Question for all the mountain men and ladies; what is best rod length? I know I want a slow/full action ( thinking about glass) and probably a 3wt ( for a couple reasons), but is 7 foot too long? I know how much harder a shorter rod can be to cast, but a 7'9" seems too long for close quarters. I've spent a lot of time in the mountains and along those streams, just not too much trying to cast feathers into them. Has anyone tried the Moonshine Rods? In Murray's Fly Shop I would trust but their mountain rods start north of $600. Something i'm not going to spend. Thoughts? Wisdom? Derision? Talk me out of it?
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> Dave
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