The new authentic zen of 33 is supposed to be improved over the old reels. One of our members posted about buying one a year or so ago for his Grandaughter. He said it was much better. They also have one called the omega but it's more than I would spend on a Baitcasters. One of the secrets is using a good quality limp line. I always had good luck redpolls get with original clear blue strength. Another thing you can do is if it sits up much, before fishing, tie line off to something and let off 20/30 yards of line lock it down and pull on line to kind of stretch it. That will take a lot of the kink out of it.