The usual response is to open your loop and go to a heavier rod. I would do easier with a 6 or even an 8 with a couple or three split shots. You will usually get neither the distance or accuracy you expect from a lightly weighted rig.

I fished for years with a friend that would laugh at my "duck and chuck" methods of pitching weighted flies with split shot and tell me that there was a fishing rig that was ideally suited for that type of fishing. Its called a spinning rod and reel. He never won me over, but I would not like to have to defend my position as being completely rational.

David