How many cast right handed and wind left handed?

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Raybow	How many cast right handed and wind left handed?	Lead	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 226 (12/03/08 17:06:38) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I don't understand how a right handed caster can have control over the fly line by casting right handed and then switching to the left hand with the rod to retrieve right handed? The rod is in the left hand at this point and rod position would be awkward to 'me that is' by trying to reel palm. adjust the drag, etc. with the right hand when the rod is in the left hand. Your right handed and most coordinated and sensitive with that hand. Catch a fish sometimes require a fight that may be a running fishing that could get into the backing. What do you do? Hold the rod in the left hand and reel with the right hand and when the fish jumps your not corordinated to quickly able to lean the road to the water to keep the fish from spitting out the hook. You don't want fish jumping in the air to get the magazine cover look. Those fish are often lost. No slam to those that do this, I'm curious to the method that is used. Also, I don't accept the idea of an experiances that the line in the right hand can handle the fish with not a problem. If so come and fish with me on 10-20 pound carp and see how 90' of line at your feet can be handled while still handling the fish? I mean this to be a fun subject and opinioned as well...........................Ray.......................
Raybow		#1	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 227 (12/03/08 17:11:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Correction, I ment how many cast right handed and retrive right handed?.............Sorry............Ray...................
mdwwhw		#2	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 339 (12/03/08 18:52:44) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It really doesn't matter that much to me, I usually cast right and set my reels up left but I can crank right handed as well. "Everything's better when wet...." Steve Miller Band
Arctic Grayling		#3	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 178 (12/03/08 18:59:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'm like Mdw. I cast right handed and if I have the option I set up my reels for LHW. But I have plenty of RHW reels that I use as well. When I started fly fishing I had all my reels set up as RHW, but somewhere along the line I started using them LHW. Unless I have a big fish on, I don't spend much time reeling. Most of the time I am just casting and stripping.
Mojorizing		#4	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 366 (12/03/08 19:01:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	When I used to spin fish back in the good ole days, I cast right handed and reeled left handed. Once in a while I'd use an old Zebco travel set up. Cast right, reel right. Then I took up fly fishing. Cast right, reel left. Until this summer when I got some older JW Youngs with the rh wind. It didn't take long to get used to it. Now once in a while when I'm fishing the LRH, I have a tendency to switch hands. I think I'll switch it over to RHW. I'm kind of getting used to it. Now all the Battenkill LA's I use are mostly for stillwater fishing. I haven't decided if I'll switch them over (I don't even know if I can) yet. Probably leave them alone. But the CFO's ?????????????When I use them, then I'll decide. My only fear is not thinking what reel I have on and letting a nice fish get away. Muscle memory problems.
docbluedevil		#5	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 105 (12/03/08 20:57:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I cast righty and wind righty usually. It's what always felt natural to me from the get go. When a fish is not on the other end of the line (which is most of the time), I can reel in probably 2-3 times faster with my right hand than my left. But if I buy a reel that comes spooled with a line for LHR, I leave it that way, as I can play either way.
Cameron		#6	[-]
Posts: 2805 (12/03/08 21:50:37) Administrator & Chat Room Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Somebody ran a poll on this a few months back I believe. It was neat, and surprising if I remember correctly, to see the breakdown. http://www.TheFiberglassManifesto.com/
Tricky16		#7	[-]
Guide Posts: 114 (12/03/08 21:54:44) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	guilty here of casting right handed reeling left handed... it just feels right originally known as Tricky
majicwrench		#8	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 947 (12/03/08 22:31:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	If I recall, in the "good ole days" almost everybody casted right and reeled right. SO that is what I did. Tried switching a reel over to reel LH years ago, it drove me nuts, changed it back. One nice feature of changing rod hands when reeling and/or fighting fish, it gives your casting arm a break. I do cast with either hand, and it does feel a little more graceful when I am casting lefty to retrieve with my RH without switching rod hands. But I too suffer from Mojo's affliction, once in a blue moon I will more or less forget which hand is casting and which is reeling.......... Tis all so confusing. This is one of those "to each their own" things IMHO. But always an entertaining subject.
flyfishing4goldentrout		#9	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1907 (12/03/08 22:38:13) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi Ray, Im left handed, however I learned to cast with my left hand and crank with my right. My Father said your gonna get older and its gonna hurt if you dont learn both and in some areas your gonna have to switch anyway. So today I cast both ways, about 75% cast with the right hand and crank with the left, at least 25% cast with the left hand and crank with the right. For an old fart that fishes or tries to every day it helps save the wrists and arms. Also I wear one of those Tennis wrist grip supports on either wrist 24/7 when Im casting. Richard Last Edited By: flyfishing4goldentrout 12/04/08 10:53:58. Edited 1 times.
caddis4		#10	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 180 (12/04/08 08:39:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I cast right handed and retrieve/strip with my left....must be from my old spin fishing days. I also have an opinion about the earlier made reels being only RHW...think they were trying to accomodate the "bait casting" guys (spin fishing was probably not as popular back then). So....let me ask this: how many of you went from "bait casting" to fly fishing? Do you use RHW reels? And how many from "spin fishing"? Do you use LHW reels? I started with bait casting, then to spin fishing before fly fishing. LHW feels right to me. But, I remember it to be a bit strange when I got my first spinning rod/reel changing from RHW (bait casting) to LHW.
flyfishing4goldentrout		#11	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1919 (12/04/08 11:00:04) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Good question, my first memories of fishing were at a very young age, with a beat up old half bail mitchell 300 spinning reel. Cast with the right retreave with the left. About 10 I started fly fishing, guess it carried over I liked the Cast right retrieve left best, however my father said I should learn to do it both ways. After that I drifted into Deep Sea fishing, say age 13, so it was LHW conventional heavy reels such as the southpaw Penn Senator Series and equally left hand retrieve big Penn and Mitchell Spinning reels. By the late 50s there were plenty of reels available in either version, just some cost a bit more for what you wanted. Now Im older I find that alot of fly fishing, especially when I pickup a 7wt or larger, that I need to cast both ways to save my arms. Especially if Im out bass fishing all day with a big heavy 8-10wt rod.
Raybow		#12	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 229 (12/04/08 11:45:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I could not use a bait casting reel LHW. And I couldn't use a spinning reel RHW. So I guess I got the flyrod LHW from the spin days. Now a cane pole I use all different positions Ray..................
PflighFission		#13	[-]
Sport Posts: 42 (12/04/08 17:17:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I cast right and reel left. My dad started me in fly fishing fifty years ago. He cast right and reeled left and the outfit he gave me was set up that way. Bob Of all the liars among mankind the fisherman is the most trustworthy" - William Sherwood Fox
Bamboozle		#14	[-]
Guide Posts: 147 (12/05/08 06:59:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I do the cast right/reel left thing with every type of fishing I do which is baitcasting, spinning and fly fishing. Interestingly enough my first ever fishing reel was a RHW baitcaster that a friend's brother gave me and later a RHW spincaster my father gave me. When I decided to BUY my first fishing reel which was a Mitchell 408, they came either LHW or RHW as opposed to the convertible reels of today. The salesman asked me if I was right handed or left handed to which I replied, "right handed". He then put a LHW reel in my hand and told me to cast with my right and crank with my left which made sense to me and I never looked back from that day. Years later when the LHW thing was firmly ingrained I decided to buy a Penn Jigmaster baitcaster for an upcoming salt water adventure. I was dismayed to find out that the store only had RHW so I passed until I could check with Penn. I was not happy when Penn told me that a LHW version wasn't available but I was delighted when the service rep told me they could convert a RHW to LHW for $13! I promptly bough the RHW, shipped it off to Penn and I now have a LHW Penn Jigmaster! The best part was having to explain to the ship's mates on that salt trip that NO I am not a moron and NO I don't have my reel on backwards. FUBO Last Edited By: Bamboozle 12/05/08 07:01:58. Edited 1 times.
waynebh		#15	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 175 (12/05/08 07:02:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi All; With spinning and then baitcasting for me it's cast with right and reel with left. I purchased lefty baitcasters, it just made more sense to me. With a fly rod I normally cast with right and strip/retreive with left. Never put a fish on the reel yet so I don't worry about what side wind the reel is. Sometimes situations require a left hand cast so I taught myself to cast with both hands. I don't use my left for fly casting much so it takes a few casts to get comfortable. I can cast spin and baitcasters with my left hand if necessary but not as critical for line placement as a fly rod. I tend to use my left hand for many things, more than most people I know. I thow left handed most times, tend to lead with left hand then perform task from right side. I think I'm a closet lefty. Both my parents had left handed brothers/sisters/parents, I think that makes a difference. When we taught our daughters to play soccer, we taught them to use both feet interchangebly. I stil see a lot of high level soccer players that can only use their dominant foot, it really limits their ability. Wayneb
Upstreeam		#16	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 376 (12/05/08 17:01:57) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	With a spin background, I started casting right and winding left. But I was self "taught" with a fly rod and constantly caught the handle with the line, so I quickly switched to LHW. Tried to switch to RHW once, but it felt wrong, and the effects of my poor teacher still showed up. As to technique, trout mostly don't get on the reel, and when they do, I wait until a good opportunity, holding the rod pretty much dead in front, switch, fight winding right, and then switch again come net time. I honestly don't recall a single trout lost in the exchange (maybe a San Juan brute 10 years ago, but I was probably already cooked), but I have lost at least one bonefish switching. Still, salt is when I actually feel an advantage reeling; I can gather line back up at least twice as fast RHW; I'm clumsy enough with my good hand. Bob
davelrods	Nope	#17	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 204 (12/05/08 21:29:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Right right for me. Old school for me. All those old reels work just fine for me. I don't know why you guys keep buying them when they don't work for you.
Rockthief		#18	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1023 (12/05/08 22:50:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	either way - since I bought some rhw reels I have become accustomed to casting and reeling as the outfit demands. It did not take me long and I thought I never would get the hang of it, but now I cast right-handed and reel rh or lh depending on the reel.
harleydeen		#19	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 304 (12/06/08 01:07:04) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I cast with the right and reel with the right, but with the spey I cast with both depending on whether I'm on river left or river right. When I started flyfishing for Steelhead, about 15 years ago, and old-timer once told me that if I were to learn to cast and then reel with opposite hands I could make a longer fishing day because my casting arm would not be as fatigued. I tried it, got used to it, and have done it ever since. The 2-hander...that's a different story!!!! It took only about 2 days to get used to casting with the left hand on top, but it's taking me a long, long time to figure out an efficient way of landing a fish with a rod that is 13' or longer... Tight Lines, Harley Lk. Stevens, Wa.
scud dog		#20	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1096 (12/06/08 20:19:13) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	As Magicwrench and Dave Lewis stated: casting and reeling right handed was the way things were done until the post WWII era. It's an English tradition, same as holding the fork with your left hand while cutting food then setting down your knife and placing your fork into your right hand to eat. I couldn't buy into it, though my mom tried... This preference has carried over into my fishing. I'm another righty with my reels set for LHW.

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