George, We do what works for us. I started out in 1945 with bamboo and a cheap reel. I had no instruction so I was never thought how to do it. I just found it natural to cast with my right hand and reel with my left. . I still do it that way.Switching the rod was not comfortable to me. I very seldom use the reel with a "Fish On". I feel I have more control with the line going through my left hand. If the fish takes all the slack line I have in front of me and gets on the reel, that is another story.It has happened a few times with big fish. Again I say, we do what works best for us, for me it is rod in right hand and reel with left hand. Oh yes, I can cast with my left hand, then I have to switch.. Tony
--- On Fri, 11/20/09, George E Vincent <[email protected]> wrote: From: George E Vincent <[email protected]> Subject: [VFB] Re: Reeling left-handed To: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 11:21 AM Jimmy, I know we have had this discussion on this list before. I do it the same as you, that is cast with my right arm and switch to my left when I catch a fish to reel it in. This is the way that I was taught and the way that fly rods and reels were set up to be used by right-handed people at least back in the 50s when I learned to fly fish. BTW this is also the way that Lefty Kreh says that it should be done, because you are using your dominant hand to do the work. I don't know when they started teaching right-handed people to cast with the right and reel with the left, but as far as I am concerned they are wrong. George Vincent From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:09 To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB] Reeling left-handed I'm right-handed and I've always reeled right handed after changing the rod from right hand to left I know that in the time it takes to change the rod from right hand to left hand has cost me a fish or two, but try as I may, I just can't get the hang of reeling left-handed. I've had this trouble with my bait casting reel but it doesn't seem to affect how quick I strike at a bass. I've sat at my tying bench with a reel attached to a reel seat held the handle in my right hand and reeled left-handed until I'm blue in the face. After about 5 minutes, reeling left-handed seems natural, BUT . . . . when I get on the stream and a fish takes, I fall back into the switching rod from right to left hand and then reeling with my right hand. I'll try doubly hard to reel left-handed on the next fish, but even if I don't make the switch, my reeling is an uncoordinated jerky motion. Maybe I've just got a mental block. Any suggestions will be appreciated. JIMMY D --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
