This is how i do it. I hardly ever 'reel" in a fish. I cast with my right, then strip it in with my left. But to your original question Jimmy. Whatever feels "NATURAL" to you, that is the 'CORRECT" way to do it, Chuck
Please see our fly fishing hand made furled leaders at: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/you_wear_it_well_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Spezio To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:18 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: Reeling left-handed Jimmy, Next time on the stream, strip with your left hand and let the line lay on the water, try controlling the line through your left hand and stay off the reel. See if that works for you. That is what I do. Actually I slip the line between my index finger and the grip. The drag is controlled there and the left hand feeds the line. This may not be the right way of doing it but it works well for me. Tony --- On Fri, 11/20/09, Jimmy D. Moore <ray...@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Jimmy D. Moore <ray...@earthlink.net> Subject: [VFB] Reeling left-handed To: "Virtual Fly Box" <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com>, "Fly Fishing World" <flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com>, "Hill Coountry Fly Fishers" <hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 11:09 AM 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
