AMEN AMEN Tony --- Neville Gosling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul: > > As a right handed person who reels with his left > hand, I could argue that > especially for large fish, it is more important to > control the rod with my > master (right) arm than it is to control the rod > with my (subordinate) left > arm reel and control the reel with my master (right) > hand. I am in control > of the rod 100% of the time and no changing of hands > which I find > cumbersome. > > Neville (Nev)Gosling > Greater Vancouver, > BC Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Marriner > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VFB] LHW & RHW > > While I'm sure to get plenty of static, there are > sound reasons for > right-hand reeling when right-handed. Not for small > fish, but for larger > species. Spinning reels are anti-reverse, most fly > reels aren't. If you > palm the spool, or even have to frequently wind and > release, your best > hand is the most sensitive. If I have to tail a fish > I'm more > coordinated with my right hand. > The rod changeover from right to left hand is > virtually instantaneous > and has never given me a single problem in more than > 40 years of fly > fishing. If you look in books for pictures of older > salmon reels (single > action) you'll see that virtually all of them are > right-hand reel; there > was a good reason and it wasn't to accommodate > left-handers you can be > sure. Of course YMMV. > Cheers > Paul > www.galesendpress.com > -- > Paul Marriner > Outdoor Writing & Photography. Owner: Gale's End > Press. Member: OWAA & > OWC. Author of: A Compendium of Canadian Fly > Patterns (co-author), > Stillwater Fly Fishing: Tools & Tactics, How to > Choose & Use Fly-tying > Thread, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi > River Journal, Ausable > River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon. > > >
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