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Bassassinator · 09-10-09, 12:44 AM

ok, guys thanks for all the replies, and i have gone with the daiwa exceler combo from cabelas. it reels with right hand so if i can't get used to it, i will buy a different reel. thanks again guys

1/4 stick · 09-10-09, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MississippiBoy

I wish we had a "Beating a Dead Horse" smiley face...here, I stole one...

I'm right handed...I cast with my right hand, swap the reel to my left, and turn the handle with my right. The swap takes place before or as the lure hits the water.

I'm glad this was brought up again. My dumb azz never thought about getting a left hand baitcaster and I switch from spinning to bait caster all the time. I get used to the one and try to grab the handle on the wrong side when I switch. Don't know why I never thought about it. Must be an evalution thing.

wargoth · 09-10-09, 09:13 PM

For me, there is something about the crank on a baitcaster that I just can't seem to manage if it is on the left. I think it has to do with the over/under relationship of the reel to the rod, I can crank on the left if the reel is under (spinning) but I can't do it if the reel is on top (baitcaster). I have this same problem with spincast reels that are set up on the left also. I dunno why this is, but if the reel is on top of the rod, I have to palm it and use my right to crank. I was even doing this before I ever used a baitcaster. Weird eh?

Bassassinator · 09-10-09, 09:43 PM

Yeah war...lol maybe it is a universal system like that...lol i can't say I CAN do it with a baitcaster...YET...lol My first gets delivered by UPS tomorrow YAY! but i am sure it will probably be similar to what you're going through...like a second nature kind of thing right? lol anyways good fishin to y'all this weekend!

BigBassin144 · 09-10-09, 09:53 PM

A lot of people fish spinning reels opposite their baitcasters. My dad does: lefty spinning and right handed baitcasters.

BB

Bassassinator · 09-10-09, 09:54 PM

yeah, maybe that's gonna be true for me too...maybe

09-10-09, 12:44 AM	#26
Bassassinator BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Groveland, MA Posts: 161	ok, guys thanks for all the replies, and i have gone with the daiwa exceler combo from cabelas. it reels with right hand so if i can't get used to it, i will buy a different reel. thanks again guys __________________ When in Doubt, Cast, Cast again...

09-10-09, 09:13 PM	#28
wargoth BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Thompson, Ohio Posts: 223	For me, there is something about the crank on a baitcaster that I just can't seem to manage if it is on the left. I think it has to do with the over/under relationship of the reel to the rod, I can crank on the left if the reel is under (spinning) but I can't do it if the reel is on top (baitcaster). I have this same problem with spincast reels that are set up on the left also. I dunno why this is, but if the reel is on top of the rod, I have to palm it and use my right to crank. I was even doing this before I ever used a baitcaster. Weird eh? __________________ -Wargoth

09-10-09, 09:43 PM	#29
Bassassinator BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Groveland, MA Posts: 161	Yeah war...lol maybe it is a universal system like that...lol i can't say I CAN do it with a baitcaster...YET...lol My first gets delivered by UPS tomorrow YAY! but i am sure it will probably be similar to what you're going through...like a second nature kind of thing right? lol anyways good fishin to y'all this weekend! __________________ When in Doubt, Cast, Cast again...

09-10-09, 09:53 PM	#30
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	A lot of people fish spinning reels opposite their baitcasters. My dad does: lefty spinning and right handed baitcasters. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

09-10-09, 09:54 PM	#31
Bassassinator BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Groveland, MA Posts: 161	yeah, maybe that's gonna be true for me too...maybe __________________ When in Doubt, Cast, Cast again...

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