Baitcaster Advice needed

[fishin350]

Spool tension is the key start with short cast and work from there. Rome wasn't built in a day. Good Luck and Good Fishin

[cra97]

Thank you all for the great input. I had no clue there were this many "tricks" of the trade, that's for sure. I appreciate everyones advice and I will be putting it to use in the morning (out on the lawn to start with). The biggest issue I am having with casts over 20 feet is DIRECTION. I can't seem to figure out the trick to getting it to go "where I want it to go" for some reason. I am casting it in one direction and it tends to go about 45 degrees to my left off course. I am only using a 1/2 ounce weight though and I may need to up that a bit to start off, would that be correct? Thanks again for all the help guys.

Rob

[Fishin_4_Fun]

Occasionally it can just be a crappy reel, especially one that may not handle lighter weights very well..