t123,
Good analogy!
Good analogy!
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I am always curious as to why people care which side the reel is on for trout fishing. Truth be told it doesn't matter for a small fish like a trout. You
should turn a bamboo rod over periodically while fighting a fish any way to even out the stresses, so if you flip it one way then it is on the left and when
you flip it the other it is on the right. Then we wouldn't have to hear about people getting sets in their rods. LOL.
I fish either way. I am a natural left-handed person but this is a right-handed world so I learned to use both. Being able to cast with both hands is actually a huge advantage fishing and I would recommend to everyone that they practice with their off hand even if they are only mediocre at it. If you like English reels then being able to use a RHW is almost a necessity. The odd LH reel that comes up is usually ridiculously expensive and they were almost never made in the era when reels were at their best. I do agree with several other members that if you fish for large fish or powerful fish then using your dominant hand does help a ton. If you have a 20 lb. Atlantic salmon ripping off 50-100 yards of backing and then coming straight back at you, you have to reel very fast. You fight those fish off of the reel and not the rod so you may as well use the strong hand to reel. Tim Zietak |
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i can reel both ways , lefty or righty , so i'd say i'm a switch hitter , one thing i have been working on is being able to cast with both arms , right
arm is my strong arm and been using for many years , started trying the left and i was like a kid starting all over again , just picking it up sooner ,
something i like to play around with is being able to use both arms in case the day ever comes i need to use my left only
Rich
collector of vintage fly reels & bamboo rods , buy & sell , guided float trips on canada's # 1 best trout river , clarks bamboo forum members get a special discount if ya fish cane www.bowriveradventures.com |
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Posts: 1677 12/16/2009 13:10 |
No problem with winding both sides. My preference is LHW for obvious reason.
LHW versions of non-changeable reels like Perfect and St George are much rarer & expensive than the RHW version. So, getting the RHW version is also much more economical. |
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Serendipity wrote: I fit at least one of the two listed categories Richard, maybe both and I still can't see a good reason (for me) to switch. Too many times I've cast a dry to a particular spot and had the take come before I could blink! Even so, I can't imagine juggling the rod on every cast. Jeremy. |
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Posts: 578 12/17/2009 10:10 |
Being left handed has usually meant being at a handicap in this right handed world. But this is one example where things have always worked out well for me. I
naturally cast left handed, so right hand wind reels are just "made-to-order" to me.
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Posts: 616 12/17/2009 11:05 |
HexaMaineiac wrote:... and he's right. I used to cast right, reel left, then at the Conclave in Livingston one year, I lost a cash bet to Lefty on the speed of retrieve RH vs LH (never get into the habit of making bets in the Murry Hotel Lounge after a hard day fishing... It's a trap and will cost you your milk money). Long story short, I went back to the motorhome that night and changed every reel I owned over to RH reel, and have been doing it that way since. Different strokes for different folks, but it works for me, and I fight the fish with my left hand, and have my more coordinated right hand free to reel, get a net ready, grab hemostats to turn a hook out, etc. Bob |
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