[VFB] Re: Left hand reel

2009-04-07 Thread DonO
Jack, Off Texas, it could have been a big jack, redfish, or a black drum. And of these could spool you with only 300 yds of backing. DonO - Original Message - From: "Jack Lehman" To: Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: Left hand reel One time - fi

[VFB] Re: Left hand reel

2009-04-06 Thread Jack Lehman
One time - fishing with the guide's 12 weight which had about 300 yards of backing and was set up for right hand retrieve. 20 lb tippet and the drag was cranked down fairly heavy. We were in the Port Isabel channel, South Padre Island Texas when I hooked something BIG. It looked like the bow w

[VFB] Re: Left hand reel

2009-04-06 Thread DonO
von Anthony Spezio Gesendet: Montag, 6. April 2009 17:53 An: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Betreff: [VFB] Re: Left hand reel Don, Very well said, it is good to do it both ways. Like I said, when I started out most fish were in the 6 to 10 " catagorey, really no need to

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2009-04-06 Thread J Balmer
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: AW: [VFB] Re: Left hand reel Did you ever fight a „real“ fish with your left hand as right hander or vice versa ? – I mean really big fish. Thomas R. Eckert <mailto:royalcoach...@bluewin.ch> royalcoach...@bluewin.ch Sonnhaldenstrasse 14 CH 80

[VFB] Re: Left hand reel

2009-04-06 Thread Neville Gosling
To me, left hand wind (LHW) refers to the way the reel is set up to operate, therefore a reel set up for RHW reel is wound in by the right hand, usually after changing the rod to the left hand but not always. Initially, in my early days as a small boy using centre pin reels similar in action

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2009-04-06 Thread Wes Wada
Hi VFB: This is one of those no wrong answer threads... I prefer a right-hand wind. I am right-handed, and hopelessly not a switch hitter. I learned fishing on a Wright-McGill spin-cast reel that looked somewhat like a closed fly reel, and it was also right hand wind, with the rotations going

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2009-04-06 Thread Anthony Spezio
. April 2009 17:53 An: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Betreff: [VFB] Re: Left hand reel   Don, Very well said, it is good to do it both ways. Like I said, when I started out most fish were in the 6 to 10 " catagorey, really no need to reel till you were ready to go home.LOL

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2009-04-06 Thread Thomas Eckert
<http://www.royalcoachman.net> www.royalcoachman.net _ Von: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag von Anthony Spezio Gesendet: Montag, 6. April 2009 17:53 An: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Betreff: [VFB] Re: Left hand reel Don, Very well

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2009-04-06 Thread Rick Zieger
I have been practicing to cast left handed and also to strip the line in iwth my left hand. At times I shift the rod and other times, just do it the way that it is in my right hand to cast.   I rarely hook som ething large enough to have to go to the reel to fight it..   Rick       -

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2009-04-06 Thread J Balmer
the reel on backwards & was too lazy to restring. J From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Spezio Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 8:57 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Left hand reel George, That may be right for m

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2009-04-06 Thread Anthony Spezio
Don, Very well said, it is good to do it both ways. Like I said, when I started out most fish were in the 6 to 10 " catagorey, really no need to reel till you were ready to go home.LOL Tony --- On Mon, 4/6/09, DonO wrote: From: DonO Subject: [VFB] Re: Left hand reel To: vfb

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2009-04-06 Thread Jeff Frye
. > > So I teach right-hand casting and left-hand retreive to > students because that is the most common set-up they'll > find in guide-boat rods and other borrowed and loaned gear. > But unlike me, it would be better to be able to do it either > way. Like Jerry G.- he goes

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2009-04-06 Thread DonO
hey'll find in guide-boat rods and other borrowed and loaned gear. But unlike me, it would be better to be able to do it either way. Like Jerry G.- he goes both ways. My 2 cents DonO - Original Message - From: George To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, April 06,

[VFB] Re: Left hand reel

2009-04-06 Thread Anthony Spezio
do it the same old way I am used to. We do what works best for us. I have fishing partners that do it your way and I di get some remarks about how I do it but we still catch fish and enjoy what we do. Tony --- On Mon, 4/6/09, George wrote: From: George Subject: [VFB] Re: Left hand reel To: vfb

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2009-04-06 Thread George
Ian, I do not think of this as a left hand reel. I am right handed and cast with my right arm/hand. I then pass the rod to my left arm and reel with my right hand. This is/was the traditional way of learning to fly fish and how I learned over 50 years ago. Thus, you are right handed you are always