The July/Aug 2009 "American Angler" magazine has an article on rod action in it. One of the quotes is from Jim Lepage from Orvis: "One of the problems is that everyone wants a five-weight to cast one hundred and ten feet."
How do you feel about this? I rarely cast over 40 feet. If I am fishing on the shore a longer cast with catch a tree most of the time. In the canoe I move the canoe to stay in better contact with the fly.
Rick