Byron it doesn't matter what type or style you fish there is always going to be limitations. For one with my Tenkara rod I can fish my local streams and fteestone rivers more effectively than with a Western Rod. I can get better drifts through pockets and along seems because i cam limit the drag from pulling my fly out of the feeding zone. I have caught fish easily in places I had struggled to in the past. As for the distance issue some cast 30 ft o f line. Me personally I haven't had a need to do so as that hasn't happened, but would be no different than when I fish South Fork of the Snake and all the fish seem to be on other side or a ripple just out of reach. :'(

Brandon