Just my $.02 but I would not give one of the Zebcos mentioned above, or for that matter any spincast reel currently on the market, to anyone I had any regard for. Thirty years ago there were a couple spincast reels still made that were decent quality; now they're all junk. And the ones recommended above are to my thinking worse than fishing with a straight cane pole with no reel - at least the cane pole is not going to malfunction constantly and cause you to break off any decent fish you hook.