I started out that way just because I got used to using the left for line
stripping and hauling, leaving the right hand to hold the rod.
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From: Jimmy D. Moore <ray...@earthlink.net>
To: Virtual Fly Box <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com>; Fly Fishing World
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Sent: Fri, November 20, 2009 11:09:01 AM
Subject: [VFB] Reeling left-handed
I'm right-handed and I've always
reeled right handed after changing the rod from right hand to left I know
that in the time it takes to change the rod from right hand to left hand
has cost me a fish or two, but try as I may, I just can't get the hang of
reeling left-handed. I've had this trouble with my bait casting reel but
it doesn't seem to affect how quick I strike at a bass.
I've sat at my tying bench with a reel attached to a reel seat held the handle
in my right hand and reeled left-handed until I'm blue in the face. After
about 5 minutes, reeling left-handed seems natural, BUT . . . . when I get
on the stream and a fish takes, I fall back into the switching rod from right
to left hand and then reeling with my right hand.
I'll try doubly hard to reel left-handed on the next fish, but even if I
don't make the switch, my reeling is an uncoordinated jerky motion.
Maybe I've just got a mental block. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
JIMMY D
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