Nice to have "Some" of the rest of the story. Use a head system and learn to double haul the line and you will do ok. But I think a 5wgt is to light in my book for a lot of distance casting. you are beating the rod and yourself by using that light of a rod for distance. I would go with no less than a 6wgt and probably use an 8 for most o that type of fishing. But again you didn't say what type of fish the rod would be used for? Or why you need to cast so far? When people ask questions like this they need to fill in the blanks so that people know what and how they plan on using things. It sure helps in giving an answer to there question's. Ron