Two suggestions. Look back at Zebco, and work on your technique. Not sure
why you want a short rod for this. I do pretty well using pitching
techniques around docks with a 7' spinning rod.

I really can't tell you about the Omega, but I own several cheap Zebco 33s.

I can even pitch a crank bait this way and drop it between the floats under
a dock from 60 or 70 feet. Of course baits that bounce like a light spoon
or a plastic tube may be better and get farther under the dock. I could use
a little more practice, but pitching can be a really effective short to
medium rang presentation. On flipping tackle I can often make a long range
pitch and swing the rod from one side to the other to make a bait curve
around an obstackle. That is really handy for making a bait cut under the
corner of a dock.

I even found myself pitching a topwater the other day becasue the guy I was
fishing with was keeping the boat a little close for me to cast comfortably.
It worked great.

--
** FREE Fishing Lures
** Weekly drawing
** Public Fishing and Boating Forums
** www.YumaBassMan.com


"ROBMURR" wrote in message
...
Well I wanted a spincaster on a short rod to work docks with.
Have an old Zebco, and a few ancient Johnson reels that cast
very well but drag was not the greatest on them..
I wanted something better, thought Daiwa was the way to go.
Tried all these:
Daiwa Silvercast 100
Daiwa Silvercast 80
Daiwa Procaster 100
Daiwa Procaster 80
Daiwa Undercast 80
Daiwa Goldcast 80GC
All of these with the exception of the $50 80GC gave me troubles,
but that was borrowed and I did not get to try it as long as I wanted.

On a long cast these reels would suddenly decide that it went far enough
and the rotor pin pops out and stops the line either breaking off your
lure or sending it back at you like a missle. Contacted Daiwa, no help
there...They suggested new line...It WAS new line! I cant respool on
every 5th cast.
On some of these the line would get hung in the gap between
the spool and rotor requireing some time to fix it. All reels were brand
new with original line on them.
The 80GC has an oscillating spool to keep the line from winding wrong
and it gave me no trouble..but still has the same design as the others
that did give me trouble(big gap between rotor and spool catching line).

Now I am leaning towards the new Zebco Omega all metal model with
interchangable oscilating spool reel with 6 bearings in it.