I have a 6ft 2wt rod for fishing in small mountain streams here in Virginia.

Taking the rod out for the first time this week, had problems getting the rod to load up with only 10-15 feet of line. Anymore and I get hung up on branches.

Never owning a rod this small, or needing to only cast a short distance, not sure if this problem is due to my casting or possibly the type of line on the rod. What I have now is an SA WF2 floating line.

In the yard, I can get the rod to load and "feel" right/better when I get more line out - but this doesn't really do me much good on the water. Maybe just need more practice???