Thanks everyone! I'm gonna try to build a couple more cheapies this year if I'm able to get the stuff I need for them and then hopefully get something better. I took it out again yesterday morning after work (I work at night now) and tried it with some 5x tippet and it casts much better than with what I was using before. The fly in the fishes mouth is a size 8 Olive Woolly Bugger. I'm honestly surprised that the rod and line could get it out as far as it did. I'm pretty happy with it.
May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing~