Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Mountain Brookies Armory

Gregg

Appreciate the logic that means I may HAVE to buy another fly rod!

Cheers,

Dave Stephenson 

On Mar 18, 2019, at 10:53 AM, Gregg DiSalvo <grdisalvo@gmail.com> wrote:

So, after chasing brookies this weekend, I've come to a new conclusion.  A longer rod makes keeping line off the water easier when tight lining, but I have always been a huge advocate for the shorter rods in 7' and smaller, but this is based mainly off dry fly fishing and in super tight, brushy streams.

I use  3 & 4 wt cabelas CGR glass rods  for brookies and love how noodly they are, BUT I was throwing small streamers this weekend with the 4wt  6'6" rod and found it would have been much easier with a longer rod, and like graphite.  Once again, it showed that one size does not fit all, but you can catch fish regardless of what you use.  

It just may not be pretty :)


Dave, I think you will find great success with your choice
On Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 9:51:23 PM UTC-5, Dave Stephenson wrote:

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?

Dave
Washington

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