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| Recently there have been a lot of posts discussing rod handle length and reel handle size etc. with the reason being fatigue and comfort.
My question is why so many right handed fisherman have not switched to left handed reels? For years I have watched numerous boat partners cast with their right hand.........then switch hands and hold the reel with their left hand and crank away with their right hand.
Being a right handed person I have found that using a left handed cranking reel is the most fatigue reducing thing I have done when it comes to casting and reeling.
I still struggle with the question why so many right handed fisherman cast with their right hand then switch hands and hold the reel with their left and then crank with their right hand? |
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Location: NorthCentral WI | Amen.
I never understood that either. Not to mention the added control for working baits (especially gliders or other WTD lures), added power for hooksets, all around more natural for a right handed person to use a LH reel. But do what you will... |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Personally, I cast with both hands depending on which way the boat is moving and if I'm in the front or the back. If at all possible I like to keep the lure over the water and not over the boat. |
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Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | I grew up fishing with right handed reels. A freind convinced me to try a lefty when I started fishing again. It works great and I haven't looked back until this year. The main drawback? I wish they made the Trinidad in a lefty... I must admit that it is tempting to "go back" just to be able to try and use one for burning.
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| My buddies get on me about this all the time. I think it just stems back to my first snoopy rod being a righty. Its just comfortable for me though I have never gave a lefty reel a good chance. I have no problems fishing all day but I'm only 26 maybe when I get up there a little bit I might have to be able to switch back and forth but right now it works so my reasoning is why change |
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Location: MN | I just can't understand why you guys want us all to switch to lefty reels? Is it because you think Shimano will then make a lefty Trinidad then you won't have to b$*#~ about It anymore? |
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Location: Michigan | Will Schultz - 4/29/2011 9:48 AM
Personally, I cast with both hands depending on which way the boat is moving and if I'm in the front or the back. If at all possible I like to keep the lure over the water and not over the boat.
+1...I usually fish out the right side of the boat so if I am in the front I will cast left-handed and if I am in the back I will cast right-handed. It isn't very hard to cast left-handed and it is nice to switch things up and share the casting load on both shoulders especially when throwing heavy baits like pounders.
It's all a comfort thing; It is just weird for me fishing with left-handed baitcasting reels. It really isn't a hassle at all to switch hands if casting right handed and reeling right handed so I don't see why people worry about it so much. |
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Location: Minnesota | Just do what I do... condition yourself to cast with your left and reel with your right... I used to be one of those guys that does right hand for casting and reeling... Now I dont even feel comfortable when casting with my right hand... and I dont have to worry about left handed reels either...
I know it will feel uncomfortable and may be hard to start casting with left hand but give it some time and you'll be casting like normal... |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Rebel9921 - 4/29/2011 12:13 PM
Just do what I do... condition yourself to cast with your left and reel with your right... I used to be one of those guys that does right hand for casting and reeling... Now I dont even feel comfortable when casting with my right hand... and I dont have to worry about left handed reels either...
I know it will feel uncomfortable and may be hard to start casting with left hand but give it some time and you'll be casting like normal...
I do the same, I like reeling with my right hand, I feel I have more power with my right, I'm right handed. Casting with your left arm is big deal try it. |
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| The question is why does it matter? I can cast with both hands and reel with both hands but I prefer to cast and switch hands to reel with my right hand, it is just more comfortable for me to do it this way. Sometimes I will cast with my left hand so I don't have to switch but I don't see an advantage one way or the other.
Most reels are now made in right and left handed, although sales of left handed reels are so small I can't believe the companies make as many left handed reels as they do, so buy what you want and reel with which ever hand you want. |
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Location: Eagan, MN | I'm right-handed and I've tried both.
By far for me I find right-handed reels (crank on right side) to be far more comfortable, fatigue reducing and controllable. For spinning tackle I prefer the crank on the left. I'm pretty sure most righties feel the same way, the tackle evolved that way for a reason!!
Use what works for you and quit worrying so much what everyone else uses. |
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| I'm right handed and started casting with my left hand/arm 2 years ago, so I wouldn't have to keep switching. Took a couple days to really get used to it, comfortable and accurate that is. Tried left handed reels a bit but I'm more comfortable reeling right handed. Spinning reels just the opposite! Go figure. |
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Location: North Central IL USA | Right handed reels for bait casters.
Left handed reels for spinning.
No problems; no worries. |
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| I was kind of kidding with my original post in that I don't care a lot which hand fisherman use. I do have a number of both right and left handed reels I frequently use. I feel my right hand is stronger and prefer to use left handed reels when possible. If I am fishing the port side of the boat which most right handed reel users naturally gravitate towards, I will also use a right handed reel unless I am using a bucktail or a topwater as my rod tip is usually pointed towards the lure. On big rubber or jerks, I get a better hook set using a right handed reel on the port side of the boat. If I am on the starboard side I will get a better hookset with a lefty reel.
That all being said I feel I usually have better control and action on a bait when I am holding my reel with my stronger more agile right hand and reeling with my left. But I quess I am in the minority on that. As far as left hand high speed reels I use an AVET.
I am still surprised however, that more right handed fisherman have not made the switch to some left handed reels. It is like trying to learn to cast with both hands. It may take some time, but it can be done. |
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| I use a right handed reel. I cast with my left and I reel with my left. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Guest - 4/29/2011 8:47 PM
I use a right handed reel. I cast with my left and I reel with my left.
Say what???
How do you do that, hold the reel upside down?
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Location: North Central IL USA | LOL - you'd have to reel backwards then.... |
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Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | I use both right and left-handed reels ,as well as cast both right and left. It's nice to be able to switch off. I'm right handed but have no problem either way. |
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| I was speaking with an individual from Cabbage Key the other day about AVET reels I believe he mentioned that about half of the left handed reel purchases are made by right handed individuals. |
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Location: Ontario | ande - 4/30/2011 10:18 PM
I was speaking with an individual from Cabbage Key the other day about AVET reels I believe he mentioned that about half of the left handed reel purchases are made by right handed individuals.
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right hand vs left hand