I use anything from 6.5ft to 8.5 ft rods in 3, 4, and 5wt for brookies. The techniques for that water are kind of specialized- lots of bow and arrow casts, which shorter, glass rods will be better at, and literally reaching and hanging flies out from behind trees and big rocks, which longer rods are more suited to. The ideal rod is probably a 7.5-8ft slow glass rod with wf line.
My favorite rig is a Scott f2 6'6" 3wt with a Galvan Brookie reel. Some better fishermen than me have told me that their go-to for any water in SNP is an Orvis 8ft 4wt superfine carbon, and I agree but for the fragility of the graphite- I'm less scared of falling off a rock and snapping a glass rod since they're more rugged and I'm pretty clumsy. I've also got an orvis superfine glass 7ft 3wt that works really well, but isn't as precise as the Scott. It's a blast to fish, though, would definitely recommend.
For an inexpensive and awesome rig, head to cabelas and get a CGR glass rod in either 3 or 4 wt at any length. With a reel and quality line you can be out the door for under $200. They're a hoot to cast and you can also use them for bluegill in your local pond.
- James
> 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
> Washington
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