baitcast frustration. what am i doing wrong?

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Ok. I have been practicing heavily with baitcasters in the last few weeks. Atleast 8 hours a week I have been at it. I am using a BPS Extreme baitcaster with a Berkley Lightning Rod Shock MH rod. I have the brakes set at 3 unless the wind picks up then I turn them up to 6 or 7.

I can throw a 3/8oz bass jig half a mile. I love it. Farther than I can go with a spinning reel by far.

My problem is the lighter weight stuff. I can get a weightless Zoom trick worm out about the same distance as I can a spinning reel, with little to no backlashes. So then I threw on a jighead with a white grub on it. Not sure the exact weight but its heavier than the weightless worm. I try to cast... backlash. Try again..... backlash. I double check that I set the spool tension knob correctly and try again. After some practice, no backlashing. Just for comparison I put it on my spinning setup, a Berkley Lighting Rod M and an Okuma Trio reel. I cast and the jighead goes twice as far.

How is it that I can cast some things just as well or even farther than a spinning setup, but other things I can't?

I'm trying to just use baitcasters 99% of the time so I can just bring one rod with me when I'm just driving down the road to fish for an hour or so. I like things simple.

One more question, I can cast crankbaits well with the caster until I tie on one of these: http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shop...225050/-632875

For some reason it won't cast like any of the others. I just get a lot of backlashing unless I turn the brakes up. Any ideas on why that particular lure doesn't seem to work? Is it just because its cheap or is it something else?

Thanks for the help everybody!