Hi everyone, i am a young angler, i have only been fishing for a few years i was only used cheap spincast reels. i started to get better and last year my dad got me a spinning reel. I saw and read that baitcasting reels are more accurate and more efficient. so i went to basspro.com and got a nice baitcasting reel. i got a pole and put line on it and i tried it out. i go my line tangled every time and i kept having to fix it and that takes too long.

i need some tips from more Experienced anglers on how to learn to use my new reel.

This is a "sticky" in the upper portion of page 1, this section:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1151590913

Good luck!

8-)

Same thing happened to me when I started. Read the sticky as per RW you most likly don't have the reel set up right

Lots of Luck every thing takes time

Yea read the sticky and practice, practice and practice.  Try practicing in the backyard so your only worried about casting not catching fish.  Also try starting casting with a sidearm cast not overhand.  What model Baitcaster do you have?