{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Mountain Brookies Armory

I have a 7.5' very slow action rod that I love for brookie fishing.  I also have a 6' rod I use for very small and scrubby streams.  I like 7.5' if I'm on a stream where I might actually be making a cast every once in a while instead of just dabbing or casting the leader.  LL Bean has a nice little rod called the Pocket Water that is on clearance that I love for brookies.  The one mistake I see a lot of people make is spending a lot of time on one pool.  In my experience, if  brookie doesn't respond to the first couple of casts, they are going to; I like to hit all the spots in a pool once and move up to the next pool. 

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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