First rod? How did I do? Having issues
Some context here. I had never touched a fishing rod or never considered fishing in my life until a week ago. Got invited to a local fishing trip with some friends last minute so I scrambled to grab something. One other moderately experienced friend and I scrambled to dicks to get me something. A quick Google search recommended the Daiwa Aird X. The dicks guy said it was good and I grabbed the first reel I thought would fit. Not sure if ultra light setups are bad for beginners but this thing breaks constantly. All of my friends rods cast far and stay together. Had the line put on by someone who knew what they were doing but it continues to come loose. Constantly getting knots, loose line, line is never tight. It’s been cut and reset with line multiple times by different people. It never works. And when it’s in one piece the thing doesn’t cast far at all, no matter who uses it. It goes high up in the air for a moment and just plops. Feels loose, doesn’t cast smooth, doesn’t go far no matter the line, bait, or user. Is it set up wrong? Is this a shitty reel? Bad rod? Looking for advice.