I agree with the roll cast suggestion. Overhead casts are highly efficient .... at catching trees.
For anything that doesn't require casting in a cove of laurels, a 7 or 7.5ft rod is perfect.
Even there, I suggest the bow and arrow cast.
Watch Joe Humphreys about 15 minutes into the video.
Carl
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Carl Zmola
On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 9:56 AM Terry C <flycstrva56@gmail.com> wrote:
I use a 7' 4 wt. Saying that ,what will fix your problem is learning to roll cast and a few single handed spey casts. With those casts in your arsenal you will never need to cast overhead.--
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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