Poll question for right or left hand fishing

[d.hark]

Your poll is kinda messed up. Like reelmech, I cast right handed and crank left handed.

There should only be 2 choices,

Cast right, crank left

and

Cast left, crank right

Anyone else doing it otherwise needs to catch up and realize there is equipment made for both now. The old need to "switch hands" after casting is just that,....old.

Sure, folks who learned this way out of necessity are bound to their bad habit, but it doesn't mean they can't catch fish,lol. In another 5-10 yrs of lefty reels being on the market, this should be an issue of the past.

I agree the poll is messed up cause he has 2 choices for casting and 2 choices for cranking and you can only vote once so you have to vote for cranking style or casting style, not a combo of the 2!!

There should really be 4 choices;

Cast right crank right

Cast right crank left

Cast left crank left

Cast left crank right

As for as switching hands being wrong thats your opinion, it doesnt bother me in the least bit and I see quite a few tour guys doing it on TV so if there wrong then count me in I just cant get used to the feel of a lefty baitcaster or a right handed spinning reel.

[roadwarrior]

Actually, there are reasons for cranking a baitcaster with the dominate hand:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1187794805

8-)

[FishingBuds]

Your poll is kinda messed up. Like reelmech, I cast right handed and crank left handed.

There should only be 2 choices,

Cast right, crank left

and

Cast left, crank right

Anyone else doing it otherwise needs to catch up and realize there is equipment made for both now. The old need to "switch hands" after casting is just that,....old.

Sure, folks who learned this way out of necessity are bound to their bad habit, but it doesn't mean they can't catch fish,lol. In another 5-10 yrs of lefty reels being on the market, this should be an issue of the past.

I agree the poll is messed up cause he has 2 choices for casting and 2 choices for cranking and you can only vote once so you have to vote for cranking style or casting style, not a combo of the 2!!

There should really be 4 choices;

Cast right crank right

Cast right crank left

Cast left crank left

Cast left crank right

As for as switching hands being wrong thats your opinion, it doesnt bother me in the least bit and I see quite a few tour guys doing it on TV so if there wrong then count me in I just cant get used to the feel of a lefty baitcaster or a right handed spinning reel.

Sorry But, I seem to miss understand the statements here?

The poll is a simple question That I was curious about.

I did not say anyone was wrong????????

I joined to learn (seriously) I don't do this to have the wife nag me for being on the computer.

I'm no pro  but, I look forward to trying the things I'm learning here.

and I thank those in advance who have the patients to teach.

[FishingBuds]

Actually, there are reasons for cranking a baitcaster with the dominate hand:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1187794805

8-)

Wow, awsome, thanks

[7magJake]

Well I csst with both hands to get maxx distance, but if Im pitching Ill use my right hand and do the switch. But I cant cast left if I have too. I like to use both bc and spinning reels so I just cast double handed and leave the rod in my left hand and start to crank it in!

[d.hark]

Sorry But, I seem to miss understand the statements here?

The poll is a simple question That I was curious about.

I did not say anyone was wrong????????

I joined to learn (seriously) I don't do this to have the wife nag me for being on the computer.

I'm no pro but, I look forward to trying the things I'm learning here.

and I thank those in advance who have the patients to teach.

[FishingBuds]

If you really want to see how people fish set-up 2 seperate polls. 1 for spinning setups and another for baitcasting setups, using my above mentioned 4 combinations. And you can only vote once. That way you will get an idea of how everyone fihes each setup.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Actually, there are reasons for cranking a baitcaster with the dominate hand:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1187794805

8-)

I have to strongly disagree with this theory.  From MY experinces anyway.  whether it is a spinning or a baitcasting set up, I use the rod to move the fish, not the reel.  To say a B/C is supposed to be used as a wench but a spinning reel isn't ,...just doesn't make sense to me.  Do you just pooint the tip mof the rod at the fish if using a b/c???  I use the rod to pull or turn the fish and the reel to take up the slack.  I do this regardless of the type of set up.  

I am also right handed.  I hold the rod in my right hand, regardless of set up because, regardless of set up, I use my power arm to do the power aspect of the angling and for me, that's not "powering" a reel to crank in the lin,...it's "powering" the rod to pull the fish.  The heavy work is always done by my dominant arm.  The heavy work is also done with my rod more than my reel (B/c and spin).  I simply match the 2 up.

I THINK Gw's comments apply to saltwater, not fresh.  Take a Penn 130 for example.  You are in a seat, with the rod strapped onto you and set in a gimbal bracket.  You use your legs to power the rod here, NOT your arms.  IN THIS CASE, the reel hand would be on the dominant side (right) because AS FAR AS YOUR ARMS GO, the reeling hand needs to be stronger because reeling has now become the bulk work since we took the rod out of the equation.  Wherever GW read that, I am sure it was meant to address this situation, not one where you are holding the rod completely alone, like when bass fishing.

My opinion.  (but it is regarding saltwater)

so back to freshwater...

None of these answers are wrong, it's a personal preference.  I personally think there is a dangerous pause when switching hands, a pause that leaves the line somewhat unattended for a split second.  Denny Braur is always persistent about KEEPING your fingers on the reel knobs because that split second reaction time can cost you a fish.  I see the same scenario with having to switch hands.  Is is "wrong".  Nope.  Does it mean you can't make it to the classic if you do this?  nope.  Does it mean I am better than you if I don't? certainly not.

[Korea_Bassin]

Actually, there are reasons for cranking a baitcaster with the dominate hand:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1187794805

8-)

I have to strongly disagree with this theory.  From MY experinces anyway.  whether it is a spinning or a baitcasting set up, I use the rod to move the fish, not the reel.  To say a B/C is supposed to be used as a wench but a spinning reel isn't ,...just doesn't make sense to me.  Do you just pooint the tip mof the rod at the fish if using a b/c???  I use the rod to pull or turn the fish and the reel to take up the slack.  I do this regardless of the type of set up.  

I am also right handed.  I hold the rod in my right hand, regardless of set up because, regardless of set up, I use my power arm to do the power aspect of the angling and for me, that's not "powering" a reel to crank in the lin,...it's "powering" the rod to pull the fish.  The heavy work is always done by my dominant arm.  The heavy work is also done with my rod more than my reel (B/c and spin).  I simply match the 2 up.

I THINK Gw's comments apply to saltwater, not fresh.  Take a Penn 130 for example.  You are in a seat, with the rod strapped onto you and set in a gimbal bracket.  You use your legs to power the rod here, NOT your arms.  IN THIS CASE, the reel hand would be on the dominant side (right) because AS FAR AS YOUR ARMS GO, the reeling hand needs to be stronger because reeling has now become the bulk work since we took the rod out of the equation.  Wherever GW read that, I am sure it was meant to address this situation, not one where you are holding the rod completely alone, like when bass fishing.

My opinion.  (but it is regarding saltwater)

so back to freshwater...

None of these answers are wrong, it's a personal preference.  I personally think there is a dangerous pause when switching hands, a pause that leaves the line somewhat unattended for a split second.  Denny Braur is always persistent about KEEPING your fingers on the reel knobs because that split second reaction time can cost you a fish.  I see the same scenario with having to switch hands.  Is is "wrong".  Nope.  Does it mean you can't make it to the classic if you do this?  nope.  Does it mean I am better than you if I don't? certainly not.

I'll weigh in here with my theory...I think it's largely an issue of "labeling".  

Yep.  A person thinks that because they are right handed, the "right-handed" b/c is what they should use because well...just because they use right-handed everything else in the world (invert everything for you left-handers).  It may seem awkward and uncomfortable at first, but because they have been led to believe that this is a "right-handed' reel, by gosh, they are gonna learn to use it like they are supposed to.  Eventually, they become use to it and can't remember thinking they should use it any other way.

I am one who reels with my left hand with a spinning reel, but my right hand with a b/c, but to be honest, it has become such a habit and so natural, I don't even realize that I am changing.  But at the same time, I think that if you gave me an opposite handed reel of either model (spinning or b/c) it would be awkward even though I use that hand for the other.  Doesn't make sense...does it?

[Pencil Pusher]

For baitcasting, I cast right handed and reel left because like most people I have observed, I palm the reel. If I reeled left handed, I would have to cast, switch to my left hand, then switch back to my right to palm. For spinning on the other hand, I cast right and reel left because the rod is held the same way for casting and reeling.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Actually, there are reasons for cranking a baitcaster with the dominate hand:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1187794805

8-)

I have to strongly disagree with this theory.  From MY experinces anyway.  whether it is a spinning or a baitcasting set up, I use the rod to move the fish, not the reel.  To say a B/C is supposed to be used as a wench but a spinning reel isn't ,...just doesn't make sense to me.  Do you just pooint the tip mof the rod at the fish if using a b/c???  I use the rod to pull or turn the fish and the reel to take up the slack.  I do this regardless of the type of set up.  

I am also right handed.  I hold the rod in my right hand, regardless of set up because, regardless of set up, I use my power arm to do the power aspect of the angling and for me, that's not "powering" a reel to crank in the lin,...it's "powering" the rod to pull the fish.  The heavy work is always done by my dominant arm.  The heavy work is also done with my rod more than my reel (B/c and spin).  I simply match the 2 up.

I THINK Gw's comments apply to saltwater, not fresh.  Take a Penn 130 for example.  You are in a seat, with the rod strapped onto you and set in a gimbal bracket.  You use your legs to power the rod here, NOT your arms.  IN THIS CASE, the reel hand would be on the dominant side (right) because AS FAR AS YOUR ARMS GO, the reeling hand needs to be stronger because reeling has now become the bulk work since we took the rod out of the equation.  Wherever GW read that, I am sure it was meant to address this situation, not one where you are holding the rod completely alone, like when bass fishing.

My opinion.  (but it is regarding saltwater)

so back to freshwater...

None of these answers are wrong, it's a personal preference.  I personally think there is a dangerous pause when switching hands, a pause that leaves the line somewhat unattended for a split second.  Denny Braur is always persistent about KEEPING your fingers on the reel knobs because that split second reaction time can cost you a fish.  I see the same scenario with having to switch hands.  Is is "wrong".  Nope.  Does it mean you can't make it to the classic if you do this?  nope.  Does it mean I am better than you if I don't? certainly not.

I'll weigh in here with my theory...I think it's largely an issue of "labeling".  

Yep.  A person thinks that because they are right handed, the "right-handed" b/c is what they should use because well...just because they use right-handed everything else in the world (invert everything for you left-handers).  It may seem awkward and uncomfortable at first, but because they have been led to believe that this is a "right-handed' reel, by gosh, they are gonna learn to use it like they are supposed to.  Eventually, they become use to it and can't remember thinking they should use it any other way.

I am one who reels with my left hand with a spinning reel, but my right hand with a b/c, but to be honest, it has become such a habit and so natural, I don't even realize that I am changing.  But at the same time, I think that if you gave me an opposite handed reel of either model (spinning or b/c) it would be awkward even though I use that hand for the other.  Doesn't make sense...does it?

It does.  

I was the same way till I actually tried one of the LH b/c's.  Now, I couldn't imagine being able to walk a spook so tightly,etc,if were controlling the rod w/ my left hand.   I'm one of the few who used the R/H ones in yrs past and then switched to spinning but has come back to B/c's now that they are made for lefties too.

[Black Bass]

I, also, cast right and reel left for the same reasons as reelmechanic and Rolo. I have a much better touch with my right hand working the rod to impart life to the lure than I would using my left hand.

[Popeye]

BC: cast right, crank right (change hands)

Spinning: cast right, crank left

[Raul]

It 's pretty simple, the RIGHT way is the way YOU feel most comfortable with. It 's not a matter if it makes sense to you or not, to britts it makes sense driving on the other side of the road and having vehicles with everything on the right.

I cast righty and reel in righty for several reasons:

1.- That 's the way I had to learn because there weren 't many choices when it came to picking bcs, you could choose between righty and righty.

2.- My left hand is good for holding things ( like the rod )

3.- I have better sensititvity in my left hand.

4.- I have finer tuned movements in my left hand.

[Big T]

For spinning I cast right handed and reel with the left hand. I just started baitcasting and cast with my reel with my right. I am use to that from using saltwater conentional tackle trolling for King Mackeral. I wouldn't mind trying the left hand B/C's just so I would not have to switch hands. I am just not sure I want to spend the money for a left handed reel, and not like it.

T.

[burleytog]

their bad habit

Bad habit?  :-?