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 Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: SteezMacQueen]
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11/23/18 04:23 PM
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Cmack
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I use both. Flipping, pitching, punching, and skipping I use left handed reels. Anything that could get a really fast reaction bite. I want to have one hand on the rod and the other clicking over the reel and ready. On moving baits, like cranks, a rigs, bladed jigs, etc, I will use a right handed reel. I am a little less harmful to the reel when reeling with my dominant hand.
Oh. Top water is a left reel also, as I can cadence the frog/dawg/popper better with my right hand on the rod.
There is no right or wrong. Use what works for you. Other than the topwater, I do exactly what Steez does. Bought my first lefty about 25 years ago and have slowly converted my fishing buddies by giving them lefties for Christmas and birthdays. Got two Lefty Revos from Academy last month on clearance for $50 each. Gave one to my bro in law and one to my son for Christmas. I'm the Johnny Appleseed of left hand retrieve reels for pitching.
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: HFrawg]
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11/23/18 06:55 PM
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Wayne P.
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I cast a bait caster with my right arm and switch it to my left arm/hand and real with my right hand.
I cast a spinning rod with my right arm and hold it with my right arm and reel with left hand.
Anyone else do this? Yes, that is the way I do it. I have some left retrieve baitcasters, but they feel awkward to me.
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/23/18 08:18 PM
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RANDYSGLIDE
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Hfrawg, I do the exact same thing
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: Bruce Allen]
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11/23/18 10:18 PM
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Like Road Runner I started off with spinning reels which back on the 50's only had a left hand crank. So when I switched to conventional I went left handed. It has probably let me cast 10 million more times than the folks who switch hands..
It's like the ones that prefer a hand control trolling motor over a foot control. While they are adjusting the direction I just keep on casting. Same here. I started out with a Mitchell 300 when I was about 9 years old. When I got my first bait caster, I saw no reason to go with anything but a left hand retrieve. But it is a free country; do what you wanna do.
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/24/18 12:36 AM
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tmd11111
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Being a lefty growing up in a right handed world worked out great for me. Cast with my left and crank with my right, both bait casters and spinning reels.
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/24/18 11:08 AM
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Lee Finlay
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I'm right handed. I destroyed my left shoulder a few years ago in a bad accident. For a long time, the only thing I could do with it was reel. I taught myself to cast with my right hand and reel with my left hand. Now all my setups are lefty.
Now it feels weird and clumsy to switch the rod between hands.
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/24/18 02:36 PM
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Being right arm/hand dominant; if Im a little out of position, I get a much better hook set with my right arm
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: HFrawg]
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11/24/18 07:30 PM
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94sktr
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I cast a bait caster with my right arm and switch it to my left arm/hand and real with my right hand.
I cast a spinning rod with my right arm and hold it with my right arm and reel with left hand.
Anyone else do this? yep
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/25/18 03:10 AM
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Techfisher
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All I've ever bought in baitcasters are left handed....I tried learning to do it right handed but I caused myself more frustration and backlashes than I could handle...:) My strong side is my right side so it made sense to me that I should hold the rod on the right and cast and reel with my left.
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/26/18 11:30 PM
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Jeff From Iowa
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I used to switch like you said but realized two years ago that I was leaving all my spinning rods left hand reel instead of swapping the handle to the rh side, so I bought all left hand bait casters and have eliminated that step of swapping the rod back and forth 500 plus times a day!
It didnt take me but two days to be fully use to reeling bait casters with my left hand.
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/26/18 11:48 PM
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Alan
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I always wanted to try left handed reels. I bought one and it was very awkward. Then I got exited on an academy sale and bought
3 more by mistake =4. Then I just bought 7 more by mistake = 11. I'm going to start using left handed reels!
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/27/18 01:33 AM
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DUNCAN553
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Alan.. you might have a problem... just saying its a problem.. not a bad problem just a problem. 
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/27/18 01:35 AM
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DUNCAN553
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By the way, I ordered my first left handed reel and it should be here Wednesday so I will see how I like it. 
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: Huckleberry]
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11/27/18 03:34 PM
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Get a left handed reel. Im right handed, I cast with my right and reel with the left. Many years ago I used to cast right, switch hands and reel with the right, it didnt bother me until I started trying to learn how to pitch docks. It didnt take long to make the adjustment. +1, I completely agree
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Re: Right hand vs. left hand baitcaster?
[Re: DUNCAN553]
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11/27/18 03:44 PM
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Alan
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Alan.. you might have a problem... just saying its a problem.. not a bad problem just a problem. You might see me on an upcoming episode of hoarders.
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