I have fished my whole life (39 years) with a spin rod and last year I wanted to jump into baitcasters simply because I wanted to do more flipping and such. Read the reviews you can't go wrong with the BPS Extreme Baitcast reels. Actually they are on sale right now so you can't go wrong. I bought two last year and I LOVE them.

Here is the link:

http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shop...03926/-1535227