Like most have stated buy yourself a decent baitcaster. When I started baitcasting, I ordered a Bionic Blade combo with the old Bionic reel and it sucked. The reel had no magnetic brakes just the dial on the side but I learned (painful) on that. A trick that helped me immensely was to pull out as much line as you would use for a typical cast and about 20 feet more and put a piece of tape on the spool. If and when you backlash, it will not affect all of your line and it will be a heck of a lot easier to unravel until you master using your thumb to feather the casts. Once I transitioned to a Shimano Citica there were no issues. Currently, I have Citicas and Curados but have owned BPS pro qualifiers and have one Carbonlite reel...good reels for the money and something that you can grow with. Hope this helps and good luck.
