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Just curious as to what fisherman who use baitcasters prefer. I personally use my right hand, but then I have to switch the rod from my right hand to my left after making a cast. It's habit for me, but seems inefficient when you think about it. I have friends that have made the switch to left handed reels and seem to like it. I would like to know your thoughts on this. I think that I would lose accuracy and hook up % may decline...
Anyway thanks for chiming in...
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I grew up with a spinning rod , so when I got a baitcaster the thought of reeling it with my right hand never crossed my mind, so I got a lefthand reeling baitcaster. I used my buddies reel once, which is right hand reeling, and it felt way too foreign to me and he does the hand switch and that would also drive me crazy if I had to do that. I don't know why people who grow up with spinning reels, all of the sudden change hands with a baitcaster, cranking it with my right hand feels way too weird.
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I hear ya... Strange because I use both spinning and baitcasters, my baitcaster is right hand reel, and my spinning setup is left. I feel like I need to try a left handed baitcaster but I feel like it would be awkward...makes more sense to reel left handed while casting with your right arm.. ,my fishing buddy swears by it after he made the change
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I have both RH and LH casting reels and am in the process of switching them all over to LH retrieves just because I hate switching hands and my RH is stronger and more coordinated in managing the various retrieves. Trolling reels are all remaining RH since I don't have to cast.
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I went through that a few years ago when I was buying a new baitcaster. It occurred to me that it might make a lot more sense to cast right handed and reel left handed, without changing hands. It made sense in my head, but when I tried it, it was entirely too awkward. I hated it. So all my baitcasters are right hand retrieve, always have been and always will be. That idea came back to me awhile ago, and I started paying attention to what the pros were doing on the fishing shows, and I found that most do what I do, and switch hands, which isn't that big a deal, because I fish very much with BOTH hands constantly involved, not primarily one or the other. Anywhos, for what it's worth, that's what I do.
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After many years of fishing with a right handed cranking baitcaster I can see how making a switch would feel foreign. It's a good point about pro anglers and watching how they operate. Now you gave me wondering what percentage of pros reel with what hand. Thanks for the input
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[quote MisterCompletely]That idea came back to me awhile ago, and I started paying attention to what the pros were doing on the fishing shows, and I found that most do what I do, and switch hands[/quote]
Funny, I made that same observation not long ago. They transition the rod from right hand to left as the lure is landing on the water, yet these guys preach how critical it is to be able to accurately cast with either hand...
I wonder if it's actually a practice that helps reduce fatigue? As a southpaw, I keep that rod in my left hand at all times, reeling with my right. And while I've never had it cause me to quit early from weariness, it's definitely noticeable when you hold a 7' rod in the same hand for hours on end.
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the only thing I could think of, is that somehow setting the hook and working the rod with your left arm is better.. But I have more touch and feel with my right arm when it comes to jigging and detecting hits. so whatever feels the best I guess.
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I use a left hand as well. Like others have said, I was using spinning and fly gear first, so it didn't make sense to switch. Also my right arm is stronger and more coordinated, so I feel like I can work the lure, cast more accurately and fight fish better this way too.
As for pros using right hands, I've noticed that too, however I've read articles from other pros that say that you should learn to use left handed reels, especially when pitching and flipping so that you don't waste that time (and potentially miss fish) while switching hands. I figured I'd just learn it that way in the first place.
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Back before some (or many) of you were born, I fished bass tournaments. At the time, there weren't any left-hand retrieve casting reels. To get around the delay and awkwardness of switching hands, I simply started casting with my left hand. It didn't take long to learn, and I was accurate enough for all but the tiniest of targets.
Today, I'm equally comfortable with fly/spin gear and casting gear even though I still buy right-hand casting reels. I bought a new reel the other day and thought about getting a leftie - but it seemed even more awkward to me than doing the hand-switch. So I bought yet another rightie.
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I grew up on spinning tackle and fly rods, all right handed reels (left-hand retrieve). When I got into baitcasting, I didn't have a whole lot of money in the budget so my first baitcasting reel was a wrong-handed one (right-handed retrieve.) I got used to it pretty quickly so all of my subsequent ones have been the same.
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I am left handed already so I cast with my left and reel with my right. I also change all my spinning and fly gear to do the same.[cool]. So no problem here...
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It makes me wonder if that's the reason why most people you see fish the right handed models. It was all that was available, but now it has become tradition perhaps?
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