Richard, you must be much better coordinated than me. My mom and several music teachers tried to get me to learn the piano, the accordian, and the guitar, all with the same results. My arms operate off of two brains apparently, and each go their own ways. So I have to keep it simple and do it only one way. The point was made in this string that it is nice to have a fresh arm to fight the fish with. I think that is one reason my handles are on the right, and I fish with my right arm. It seems to be much easier to fight the fish from the left, and switching the rod from hand to hand seems to be no big deal. I have switched reels from time to time to reeling from the left, but it only takes a short time to make me switch them back to the right side reeling. By the way, my wife gave me a present of a unit designed as a line cleaner which also makes changing lines and backing easy. You wouldn't believe how easy it is to clean a line or change a line from reel to reel. There are newer designs on the market which also incorporate a reel seat which would appear to be even better, but if you have an extra $60 or so lying around, these are one of the best items to have I have ever found. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: rderedfield Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 2:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: left or right hand reel?
On my trout-sized rigs, where I often will strip the fish in, I reel left.
On the larger rigs, where the fish will (hopefully and likely) be taking out
lots of lines, and will get themselves on the reel, I reel right-handed.
Some folks think that it can get confusing, be it really doesn't. If a
person is angling for fish that take our 25, 50, or triple digit yards of
line, there is plenty of time to switch over.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: left or right hand reel?
> Speaking of reeling left or right handed......I used to be convinced that
casting right and reeling left was the only way to go. I still fish this way
for trout and other species that are mostly played by hand, or occasionally
take me onto the reel. If I present the fly right handed switching hands and
gathering up slack line onto the reel while maintaining pressure by
stripping (with which hand? eek!) is too many balls in the air for me. I
would end up with a big cluster...... to often, so I stick to cast right,
strip left, reel left.
>
> However, after getting into fishing for bigger game like steelhead,
salmon, and saltwater species, I changed all of my bigger reels back to
reeling right handed. These species almost always take up the slack line on
the first run and then it's easy to switch hands. Also, casting the bigger
rod all day and then fighting the fish with the same arm causes a lot of
fatigue. Fighting left and reeling right in this situation gives my right
arm a rest.
>
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