Thanks everyone..It is a lower end ugly stik..bought it as a rod and reel combo for 80$ ..but i only bought it to try out a baitcaster, since I've never tried one before. So i didnt wanna spend a bunch of money..just wanted to play around and learn on it....haha..tried it out tonight..the first 20 cast as you all prob know..was absolutely terriable, withbthe bird nesting..hahaha..switch over to my spinning reel, for most of the day just wanted to catch somthing..but by the end of the night i started playing with it a lil and I kinda started figuring a few things out on the baitcaster..