Why left hand wind on spinners and right hand wind on casters?

[taggermike]

I have wondered about this as well. I am right handed and reel a baitcaster with my right and a spinner with my left. Thats just how I learned. To have to switch the rod from right to left after the cast is just rediculuous though. I can cast with my left hand but it looks like the special olympics. When my dad retired and started to do mostly bass fishing he taught himself to cast with the left. Maybe I should work at it too. Mike

[fishsouthcounty]

Originally Posted by taggermike

I have wondered about this as well. I am right handed and reel a baitcaster with my right and a spinner with my left. Thats just how I learned.

same shit here....after i started fishing only saltwater though i stopped using spinners. When i was 21 and living in Monterey i decided to buy a big spinning outfit to fish off the rocks locally. Literally got confused at the store seeing the left handed retrieve on the spinners and had to consult with an attendant if a right hander cranks lefty. Good topic.

[JarrodMc]

A lefty made the first fishing reel just to piss all you rightys off.