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I'm definitely a right cast/left reel guy. I tried to convince the GF this was the best way but she insisted on doing the right/right switch hands thing. Well, guess what? I have 1 less rod and reel than I used to now.
End of July we were fishing red salmon and she hooked a fish and as she went to switch hands, it made a run and the rod went flying out of her hands, never to be seen again.


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Probably 75% of my fishing is with spinning reels. I'm right handed and reel left. I want my dominant hand handling the rod to set the hook and fight the fish. Same way with the fly rod.

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Originally Posted by Springcove
Originally Posted by Beretta_Shooter916
Im right handed

Cast right, reel left.

That goes for everything- fly fishing, spinning, bait caster



This^^^^^^


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Originally Posted by eaglemountainman
Originally Posted by Springcove
Originally Posted by Beretta_Shooter916
Im right handed

Cast right, reel left.

That goes for everything- fly fishing, spinning, bait caster

This^^^^^^

Same
Likewise. It just never made sense to me to see someone cast with their strong arm and then switch hands to use the reel. For most fish it doesn't matter, based on their size, it just makes sense to cast with your strong arm and fight using leverage with our strong arm.


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Reel and handle line with the left on trout rods.

Depending on wind direction I'll cast with either hand on top with my two handed spey rods. Wind those too with the left hand.


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Originally Posted by Beretta_Shooter916
Im right handed

Cast right, reel left.

That goes for everything- fly fishing, spinning, bait caster

Same here.


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All the old timers that taught me used their right hand to play the fish and reel. Worked for them, works for me.


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Originally Posted by gnoahhh
Right handed, reel with my right hand. To do otherwise feels totally foreign.
Because it is, by gosh!


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Right handed, cast RH, and reel LH.

Been doing that for as long as I can remember...

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im left handed..cast with left..reel with right

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After fishing with Keys guides like Stu Apte and Ralph Delph, they were adamant about using your strong hand for both casting and reeling. I never understood why you would switch hands on the fly rod, but they said it was more important to be able to reel faster with your strong hand to get line back on the reel when you fight a large salt water fish that can run fast in open water.

I only fish trout streams in Montana and can reel and fight a fish better with the rod in my right hand a reel with my left. I have fished Alaska a few times and was able to manage the salmon the same way. Tarpon and Marlin may require more control on the reel…





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Originally Posted by Teal
Originally Posted by Beretta_Shooter916
Im right handed

Cast right, reel left.

That goes for everything- fly fishing, spinning, bait caster

Same here.

Yup, same same....


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I'm right handed. I cast right and reel with my right hand for fly and bait casting gear.

I rarely use spinning tackle, but cast right and reel left with it.

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I’m a lefty. Cast all rods with my left hand. Fly reels and bait casters I use my right hand to reel. Spinning reels I prefer to use my left hand to reel.


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Why would one want to do all the switching around.

Same with casting/reeling a bait caster . . . LOTTA extra effort the way most folks do it!

To me major control activities with ones dominant hand, other needed activities with the other hand!

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I don’t switch to much work for me. I’m right handed spinning, bait, and fly. All go in my right hand to cast. I reel with left.

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I used to cast and then switch hands to wind. After a few years it just seemed more efficient to wind without switching hands as my newer and better reels would function either way. I've also gone to two handed rods for big water/fish. That's evolved into being able to cast with either hand. With that gear I'm still winding left-handed.

With a session or two, muscle memory will come around.

Many years back and with no schooling I was doing archery left-handed but was right eye dominant. Couldn't hit sh-t. An astute friend noticed and suggested I switch to a right-hand bow. Took about 3 days for the strength to develop, with things improving markedly. Mostly of that too was just a matter of overcoming muscle memory.


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Right handed - cast and hold rod with right hand and reel with left.....feels awkward to me to switch hands with the rod after the cast and feels natural to reel with the left hand no matter if it's fly gear, spinning or baitcaster....all the same for me

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Right handed so the reel handle is on the left for everything but fly fishing.

I want the handle out of the way so I don't break off if I bump it when a big one is running.

Little fish get hauled in by the line and I can spool up the line after releasing the fish.


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