Right Hand - Left Hand; Reel Configuration

[ROSSOLY]

Im right handed and use both right and left handed bait casters. I prefer using the left handed reel since I don't have to transfer the rod from my right to left hand after casting.

[tamddo714]

im right handed and i fish spinner reels with my left hand. i fish bait casters and conventional with my left hand. i shoot pool left handed. weird world

[buddha]

I am right handed and from the East Coast where most people just use spinning gear with their left hand.

I use conventional reeling in with my left hand because it feels more comfortable and not switching hands and also because of old injuries.

[Lipripper92592]

Right handed but fish lefty. Just feels right!

[Mahigeer]

Originally Posted by Lipripper92592

Right handed but fish lefty. Just feels right!

I am right handed who also uses lefty conventional reels. It was a pure luck that my first Abu Garcia conventional was a lefty. Never went back to righty.


If I had a nickel for every time that I discussed this issue with other anglers, I would be a slightly richer person.

It is a matter of personal preference. All the old timers use righty, because there were not too many if any lefties around. I have a Penn squider which is a lefty!

The old timers showed others to use righty. Thus, it is more common.

However, as manufacturers like Avet (which the two brothers who own the Co. are left handed) make more left handed conventional reels, I am sure more people will like them.

For now we can get a better price for used lefty reels, due its "unpopularity".

[Lipripper92592]

Originally Posted by Mahigeer

I am right handed who also uses lefty conventional reels. It was a pure luck that my first Abu Garcia conventional was a lefty. Never went back to righty.


If I had a nickel for every time that I discussed this issue with other anglers, I would be a slightly richer person.

It is a matter of personal preference. All the old timers use righty, because there were not too many if any lefties around. I have a Penn squider which is a lefty!

The old timers showed others to use righty. Thus, it is more common.

However, as manufacturers like Avet (which the two brothers who own the Co. are left handed) make more left handed conventional reels, I am sure more people will like them.

For now we can get a better price for used lefty reels, due its "unpopularity".

When searching for used reels, the term lefty......weeds out a lot o"Junk"