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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
[Re: Neches]
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02/20/17 02:12 AM
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Bobby Milam
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That's funny right there. I guess we know the reason for the question now.
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
[Re: COWBOYSFAN008]
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02/20/17 02:58 AM
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Bruce Allen
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it just makes sense if you are comfortable using a left handed spinning reel that you go to a left handed conventional reel, if for anything else then to save time switching all the time.
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
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02/20/17 09:06 PM
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pwarren
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For baitcasters, I only buy left handed reels so I can throw with my (stronger)right hand and crank with my left. Only makes sense to me not to have to switch,but as cctex said, it's a matter of preference. I'm the exact same way.
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
[Re: COWBOYSFAN008]
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02/21/17 12:03 AM
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Rayzor
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Uh oh, here we go again......
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
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02/21/17 01:17 AM
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kevine80
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i assure you this situation is not that relative in my world -- america is a beautiful place - land of the free -- i couldnt give a rats rear end what people think about the way i operate my equipment -likewise i dont care how they operate theirs
if it works for you go for it !
i believe there is so many more aspects of the fishing game to concentrate on
just my 2 cents !
Last edited by kevine80; 02/21/17 02:24 AM.
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
[Re: COWBOYSFAN008]
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02/21/17 03:51 PM
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David Burton
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I am fairly ambidextrous. My problem is a coordination thing... I have trouble getting my left hand to perform the reel motion without "thinking about it". Speed and circular motion the handle are better with my right hand, but sensitivity rod movement, and the feel of a bite is more in tune on my left.
I played Clarinet for years, so my fingers in both hands worked as a unit. When I tried to play piano, I couldn't get my left hand to do something different from my right... I could do static cords, but attempting to keep a moving Rhythm while my right hand played the melody, or a combination melody I just couldn't do. That has transferred to my fishing.
I set my spinning reel up the same way as my bait casters for that reason. Drop shotting my left wrist is just more finnesse, and my "non-dominant" arm can set a hook just fine.
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
[Re: COWBOYSFAN008]
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02/21/17 03:54 PM
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Jeezy
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Spinning reels should be reeled left-handed. Just the way God intended it.
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
[Re: COWBOYSFAN008]
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02/21/17 04:41 PM
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McBassman
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Obviously you just flip the spinning reel over and upward and reel backward! Problem solved!
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
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02/22/17 12:32 AM
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Texasdeepv
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Obviously you just flip the spinning reel over and upward and reel backward! Problem solved! You see folks doing that now and then and you have to ask yourself... how comfortable is that?? Besides gravity usually taking over on the reels you would think reeling backwards just plain sux.
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
[Re: Texasdeepv]
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02/22/17 12:52 AM
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SteezMacQueen
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Obviously you just flip the spinning reel over and upward and reel backward! Problem solved! You see folks doing that now and then and you have to ask yourself... how comfortable is that?? Besides gravity usually taking over on the reels you would think reeling backwards just plain sux. p I actually watched Aaron Martens doing that on Bassmaster Live. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but he did it several times. He even held the baitcaster so the handle was on top a few times. I wouldn't do it, but I ain't gonna question his technique either. Haha.
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
[Re: COWBOYSFAN008]
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02/22/17 01:16 AM
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Allison1
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To each his own. I converted over in the late 80's when there were few left handed baitcasting choices. I would guess 95 percent of all bass fishermen used right handed reels exclusively. All the best lefties were middle of the road quality and the best ones were all made by Shimano. Most people also used left handed spinning reels.
I remember when they started making the first top of the line reels both right and left handed. I think that was in the late 90's. The first team Daiwa was the most goofy thing. It was essentially a right handed reel that had the levelwind on the other side of the reel. A bar which pivoted underneath the reel made the levelwind work. The worm gear that drove the levelwind was at the back so they did not have to redesign the whole reel. I think I still have one.
Anyone can use one if they want to. I am not a leftie by any means but all it took was using it exclusively for a couple days before it became comfortable. I use both right and left handed baitcasters. My daughter was taught on both and uses both types with equal ease.
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Re: Whats The Deal With Left Hand Spinning & Right Hand Casting Reels?
[Re: COWBOYSFAN008]
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02/22/17 04:05 AM
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beans FFL
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even funnier then that i fish with a guy that uses a spinning real with a left sided handle but when they use the bait caster they will cast it and then flip the reel upside down and real it that way so he can reel it with his left hand
grab life by the tits and milk it
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