Left, Right or Both?

BigBassin144 · 06-01-09, 09:03 PM

I use left hand reels exclusively for bass fishing. what about you?

BB

bamabassman · 06-01-09, 09:06 PM

hold rod in left, reel with the right. cast with left, reel with right hand.

MrPhotographer06 · 06-01-09, 09:07 PM

my BC is right hand retreive, everything else is left hand retrieve.

but since my BC is broken, i'm intending on finding a left hand retreive, so i dont have to keep switching hands

nofearengineer · 06-01-09, 09:16 PM

You should make this poll "do you retrieve with your casting hand or the other one?" Left-handed people have been using a baitcaster correctly all along.

To call a standard baitcaster a right-handed reel...well, that just blows my mind how that went on all these years. Probably too late to fix it, though.

BigBassin144 · 06-01-09, 09:27 PM

Technically, if you're right handed, you should use a lefty reel. that way, you cast with your right hand and reel with the left and don't have to switch hands. Now there are people who say they can switch hands before the lure even hits the water, but personally, I can't do that without some professional overrun.

BB

nofearengineer · 06-01-09, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBassin144

Now there are people who say they can switch hands before the lure even hits the water...

Um, apparently, I can't even hold on to the rod when I'm not switchin' hands...so I better stick to my "left-handed" baitcaster.

Either that or buy one of them leashes Island bass made for his little girl.

JB · 06-01-09, 09:44 PM

i'm left handed, cast leftie, reel with my right hand

MrPhotographer06 · 06-01-09, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigBassin144

Now there are people who say they can switch hands before the lure even hits the water, but personally, I can't do that without some professional overrun.

BB

I can.mainly when i'm powerfishing, or throwin a buzzy i do it.

but if i'm throwing a spinner bait, or something that dosent really require you to reel soon as it hits the water, then i just let it hit, then switch.

but i'm right handed so i cast with the right hand, and reel with the left.

bamabassman · 06-01-09, 09:59 PM

leftie here as well jb. i knew we were alot alike, hahahah. cast with the left and reel with the right.

MIbasser · 06-01-09, 09:59 PM

Casting reels - Right. Spinning reels - Left. So does that count as both?

MississippiBoy · 06-01-09, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MIbasser

Casting reels - Right. Spinning reels - Left. So does that count as both?

+1

This post is too short

BigBassin144 · 06-01-09, 10:01 PM

MI, yeah. That's how my dad fishes. I learned to fish from him on a spinning reel left handed (he's a lefty) and just stuck with it when I got my first baitcaster.

BB

rrw4258 · 06-01-09, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JB

i'm left handed, cast leftie, reel with my right hand

I'm in the same boat as JB, i am also left handed, cast left handed but use right hand casting reels.

Ryan

fishin spro · 06-01-09, 10:21 PM

i do both...mostly cast with the right and reel with the right...but sometimes i cast lefty if its a short cast....when pitchin, i use my left hand...that way i dont have to keep switchin.

nofearengineer · 06-01-09, 10:26 PM

I will say one thing. I am glad they started making the baitcasters in left hand retrieve over the past few years. As a guy who fished spinning reels his whole life, I would NEVER get used to reeling with my right hand.

bcklash · 06-01-09, 11:42 PM

To me it's not about switching hands or casting righty or lefty it about working the lure like a jerk bait or a popper. I can't do either with my left hand. I cast right handed on both bait casters and spinning, I reel baitcasters right handed and spinning reels left handed, so I just use a spinning rod for jerk baits and poppers.

cassidyta · 06-01-09, 11:49 PM

I only cast with the rod in my right hand, but will pitch with either. All of my spinning reels are a left hand retrieve. I have both for baitcasters. I prefer a left hand retrieval on my top water and jig rods. The rest are a right hand retrieve.

BassinID · 06-02-09, 04:22 AM

I still have some right handed bait casters, but I am weeding them out, I hate switching and absolutely love my lefty b/c's

keithdog · 06-02-09, 06:00 PM

Spinning reels left and casting reels right. I have just never been able to operate a left casting reel worth a hoot. In fact I sold the only one I had. I realize the advantage of lefty casting reels but they are not for me.

Jim80 · 06-02-09, 06:01 PM

I'm a lefty and I cast right and reel right .

Jim

bcklash · 06-02-09, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BassinID

I still have some right handed bait casters, but I am weeding them out, I hate switching and absolutely love my lefty b/c's

Just ship the righthanded baitcasters to the biggest Va. redneck on this site. ME

bassboogieman · 06-02-09, 07:02 PM

Cast right handed. Baitcaster - right reel handle and I have no problem switching hands, a left reeling baitcaster seems un-natural. Spinning - the opposite, reel with the left hand can't get used to a right side spinning reel. Go figure.

JRL · 06-02-09, 08:46 PM

Left hand for spinning gear. Right hand for casting gear.

Captmikestarrett · 06-02-09, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JRL

Left hand for spinning gear. Right hand for casting gear.

Same hear except I flip with both left and right with either spinning or baitcaster. Flipping is like that.

Always cast with right and feather with left on spinning.

Capt Mike

dave · 06-03-09, 08:00 AM

Flip and pitch with a left handed reel. All other casting with a right handed reel.

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06-01-09, 09:03 PM	#1
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Left, Right or Both? I use left hand reels exclusively for bass fishing. what about you? BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

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bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	hold rod in left, reel with the right. cast with left, reel with right hand. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

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MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	my BC is right hand retreive, everything else is left hand retrieve. but since my BC is broken, i'm intending on finding a left hand retreive, so i dont have to keep switching hands __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

06-01-09, 09:16 PM	#4
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	You should make this poll "do you retrieve with your casting hand or the other one?" Left-handed people have been using a baitcaster correctly all along. To call a standard baitcaster a right-handed reel...well, that just blows my mind how that went on all these years. Probably too late to fix it, though. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

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BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Technically, if you're right handed, you should use a lefty reel. that way, you cast with your right hand and reel with the left and don't have to switch hands. Now there are people who say they can switch hands before the lure even hits the water, but personally, I can't do that without some professional overrun. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

06-01-09, 09:44 PM	#7
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	i'm left handed, cast leftie, reel with my right hand

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bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	leftie here as well jb. i knew we were alot alike, hahahah. cast with the left and reel with the right. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

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MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	Casting reels - Right. Spinning reels - Left. So does that count as both?

06-01-09, 10:01 PM	#12
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	MI, yeah. That's how my dad fishes. I learned to fish from him on a spinning reel left handed (he's a lefty) and just stuck with it when I got my first baitcaster. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

06-01-09, 10:21 PM	#14
fishin spro BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sumter county lip ripper Posts: 500	i do both...mostly cast with the right and reel with the right...but sometimes i cast lefty if its a short cast....when pitchin, i use my left hand...that way i dont have to keep switchin. __________________ Total Bass of '10: 54 Big Bass of '09: 5.2lbs

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nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	I will say one thing. I am glad they started making the baitcasters in left hand retrieve over the past few years. As a guy who fished spinning reels his whole life, I would NEVER get used to reeling with my right hand. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

06-01-09, 11:42 PM	#16
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	To me it's not about switching hands or casting righty or lefty it about working the lure like a jerk bait or a popper. I can't do either with my left hand. I cast right handed on both bait casters and spinning, I reel baitcasters right handed and spinning reels left handed, so I just use a spinning rod for jerk baits and poppers. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

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cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	I only cast with the rod in my right hand, but will pitch with either. All of my spinning reels are a left hand retrieve. I have both for baitcasters. I prefer a left hand retrieval on my top water and jig rods. The rest are a right hand retrieve. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

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BassinID BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Too far from largemouth, Idaho Posts: 672	I still have some right handed bait casters, but I am weeding them out, I hate switching and absolutely love my lefty b/c's

06-02-09, 06:00 PM	#19
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Spinning reels left and casting reels right. I have just never been able to operate a left casting reel worth a hoot. In fact I sold the only one I had. I realize the advantage of lefty casting reels but they are not for me.

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Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	I'm a lefty and I cast right and reel right . Jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

06-02-09, 07:02 PM	#22
bassboogieman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Parkesburg, Pa. Posts: 3,762	Cast right handed. Baitcaster - right reel handle and I have no problem switching hands, a left reeling baitcaster seems un-natural. Spinning - the opposite, reel with the left hand can't get used to a right side spinning reel. Go figure.

06-02-09, 08:46 PM	#23
JRL BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Palm Beach Gardens, FL Posts: 265	Left hand for spinning gear. Right hand for casting gear. __________________ Jason

06-03-09, 08:00 AM	#25
dave BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 401	Flip and pitch with a left handed reel. All other casting with a right handed reel.

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