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Cast Right/Reel Right or Cast Right/Reel Left?

Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:01 am
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
24205 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:01 am
This thread is just a curiosity deal.

How do you do it? I'm a cast right/reel right kinda guy. But I learned along time ago.

Lefties, just reverse it.

Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:04 am to
quote:

cast right/reel left
Efficiency
This post was edited on 6/9/19 at 9:11 am
Posted by NOLAGT
Over there
Member since Dec 2012
13561 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:04 am to
I’m right handed and I cast with my right hand, reel with my left hand. No time wasting hand switching here
This post was edited on 6/9/19 at 8:06 am
Posted by 2geaux
Georgia
Member since Feb 2008
2615 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:05 am to
I cast right, reel left with spinning reels. Righty righty with bait casters. Weird, I know. I broke my left arm as a kid, that has something to do with it.
Posted by Cowboyfan89
Member since Sep 2015
12747 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:09 am to
I cast with the left, reel with the right.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81983 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:17 am to
Cast right with all.

Reel right with casting.

Reel left with spinning because I am not a tard.
Posted by Uncle JackD
Member since Nov 2007
58708 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:17 am to
I’m a lefty. Cast with left and reel with right.

I don’t use spincast but why do majority of people use opposite hand to reel? I see it all the time... they’ll reel with right hand with a baitcaster and left with a spinner.
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37387 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:24 am to
Cast left, reel right.
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:27 am to
I can cast a baitcaster with either hand.

I mainly learned to do this because there is alot of current where I fish and the boat can be turning around.
This post was edited on 6/9/19 at 9:10 am
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:38 am to
Cast with my left reel with my right.

Dad wouldnt let us fish with an open face reel until we could cast left handed. Pawpaw said you need to cast left handed so you dont have to switch hands when the bait hits the water. Has served me well, I can cast from both sides equally horribly.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64702 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:41 am to
Baitcaster - cast right reel right

Spinning reel- cast right reel left
Posted by stoms
Coastal
Member since May 2012
1729 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:44 am to
Cast right reel left on both skinning and baitcaster. I’m right handed. I have to have the rod in my dominant hand for working baits and setting hooks. It’s the most efficient way for me.
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
26544 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:52 am to
<---- I'm a Lefty of course. The rod never leaves my left hand on both a Baitcast and Spinning. Retrieve with my right.
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5163 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 8:56 am to
I can not reel and fight a fish with my right for some reason

always swap my handles on spinning reel and reel with my right hand like any self respecting angler
Posted by FlagLake
"Da Ship"
Member since Feb 2006
2354 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 9:50 am to
Guess I am odd. I cast with my right and then switch hands and reel with my right.
Posted by tigersownall
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2011
15406 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:18 am to
Spinning:cast right. Reel right. Same for baitcasters.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
22066 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:47 am to
I’m right handed and cast right, reel left. Learned that way as a kid. Now I think its just easier having my rod in my right hand to when fighting fish or for better control while working lures
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
7170 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 12:04 pm to
Cast right, reel left with both (I’m right handed).

I’ve never understood why people who cast right/reel left with a spinning reel would change that process for a baitcaster.
Posted by MotorBoater
Hammond
Member since Sep 2010
1677 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 12:07 pm to
I can cast with either hand but I have to reel with my right hand. My left hand is pretty much useless! lol If I have to use a spinning reel with the handle on the left I find myself holding the handle stationary and moving the pole in the circular motion! Yes I’m retarded!
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
7856 posts
Posted on 6/9/19 at 1:04 pm to
baitcast with either hand. reel with right.
spinning reel with right hand, reel with left.
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