She knows its wrong but it works for her.

[throttleplate]

At the river yesterday i came upon this woman fishing and couldnt resist asking her why she holds her rig upside down and if she likes using it that way. She told me she knows its upside down, she can put the handle on the other side but has been fishing like this for many years and she catches fish. She allowed me to take a pic for bass resource so you all can see that some of us just like to do the opposite of whats right and still have an exciting day of fishing.

 

[ironbjorn]

Again I'm calling the cops 

[Team9nine]

 

Looks like it’s working for her 

[scaleface]

I bought my Dad a spinning combo and he held it that way . So I took it away  and got him another Zebco combo . 

[roadwarrior]

Look a fool, but I guess it ain't illegal.

[Dwight Hottle]

She is probably right handed & only wants to reel with her right. 

[throttleplate]

3 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said:

She is probably right handed & only wants to reel with her right. 

yes, but she can put the handle on the opposite side, she told me she just doesnt want to do that because this way is more comfortable to her. She always has people come up to her and tell her its wrong. I didnt tell her i just asked her why she uses it upside down.

[LrgmouthShad]

I do not condone this behavior

[Tennessee Boy]

So how does she hold the line to cast?

[throttleplate]

6 hours ago, Tennessee Boy said:

So how does she hold the line to cast?

 

great question that i didnt ask her. I would bet she turns it the right way to make a cast as i dont get how else she could do it.

[DitchPanda]

10 hours ago, Team9nine said:

 

Looks like it’s working for her 

Wrong..its still weird

[Bird]

Ahhh,  the spacing on the guides is not meant for this type of orientation but I see fish ?

[geo g]

I was watching a show about Alaska Wilderness Living and the Native American woman was using the spinnerbait rod the exact same way as the women in your pic.  She had no problem either!

[TriStateBassin106]

I'm more annoyed at the undersized fish on the stringer than the way she's holding a reel. I'm guessing she doesn't have a fishing license? Get Fish and Game on the phone lol. 

[islandbass]

3 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

I'm more annoyed at the undersized fish on the stringer than the way she's holding a reel. I'm guessing she doesn't have a fishing license? Get Fish and Game on the phone lol. 

Maybe that state doesn’t have size limits in those species? I don’t think mine does on blue gill and pumpkin seed.

[Deleted account]

14 hours ago, Tennessee Boy said:

So how does she hold the line to cast?

You pinch the line with your thumb against the rod, and just lift it up with the same timing you would straighten your index finger when doing it "right", the reel remains upside down or sideways the whole time. Usually, you see folks doing this with bait, though I've seen it with lures, and as the OP found out, it works, and folks who do it have no intention of changing.

[ironbjorn]

5 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

You pinch the line with your thumb against the rod, and just lift it up with the same timing you would straighten your index finger when doing it "right", the reel remains upside down or sideways the whole time. Usually, you see folks doing this with bait, though I've seen it with lures, and as the OP found out, it works, and folks who do it have no intention of changing.

I had a friend who fished a spinning reel like this but he casted with the reel on the bottom like normal and then flipped it after the cast.

[Tennessee Boy]

Well it sounds like fishing this way is a thing.   All it needs is a good name and maybe some technique specific rods and I’m sure it could become very popular. ?

[Deleted account]

14 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

Well it sounds like fishing this way is a thing.   All it needs is a good name and maybe some technique specific rods and I’m sure it could become very popular. ?

How about BFS, Backwards F**** Spinning, after all it's already used for other silliness...

[PhishLI]

1 hour ago, ironbjorn said:

I had a friend who fished a spinning reel like this but he casted with the reel on the bottom like normal and then flipped it after the cast.

I'd go on a rampage.

[Deleted account]

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

I'd go on a rampage.

I'd put my feet up on the seat and pretend to be asleep on the way to Ronkonkoma when the conductor came by with the funny hat and hole punch..., deep breaths...  

[NYWayfarer]

I find this is a common habit for those that start fishing with Spincast reels. On those combos the reel is on top and the handle on the opposite side. It then feels foreign when they pick up a spinning rig for the first time having the reel on the bottom of the rod.

 

 

[king fisher]

Did you ask her permission to put her picture up on the internet?  If you didn't maybe you should remove it.  She probably simply wanted to go fishing, not have her picture plastered on a web sit and ridiculed by people she doesn't know.

[Mike L]

41 minutes ago, king fisher said:

Did you ask her permission to put her picture up on the internet?  If you didn't maybe you should remove it.  She probably simply wanted to go fishing, not have her picture plastered on a web sit and ridiculed by people she doesn't know.

He said he did in his original post. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

[throttleplate]

41 minutes ago, king fisher said:

Did you ask her permission to put her picture up on the internet?  If you didn't maybe you should remove it.  She probably simply wanted to go fishing, not have her picture plastered on a web sit and ridiculed by people she doesn't know.

 

 yeah, i told her i was going to put it on a bass fishing forum that i belong to because i want the members to see that this method works for some folks. She was fine with it.