Yep, lots of great info and people here.
Just curious Terry what size of fly might you be trying to cast? This is one variable that sometimes get over looked, your leader can be fine for a lot of your fishing but the fly might be to big for your setup the way it is.

An example of this is my 6'6" 2 wgt. rod with a furled leader and a 5 x tippet of 5 feet and a #16 elkhair caddis will punch out and land nice and soft at 25-30 feet.

Take the same outfit and put on a #12 humpy the fly lands short of the line and leader at about 20 feet surounded by tippet.