You have two different reels. You have an open face reel and a closed reel. They both cast different. An open face reel has you throwing the line out into the water ( truth be told I can not explain the cast in words). The closed face reel has a button on the bottom of it and you old it when you cast out there.
You have bait fishing and you have lure fishing. When using live bait you can leave the pole out