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Left dominate
Reel right

BC- right
SR- left

I am right hand dominate and use right hand BC reels. I don't really know why other than the fact that I learned that way. Maybe I should try a left hand reel because it does make more sense that way.

Reel with my left hand, rod in my power hand!

not worth it for Shimano (tooling costs apparently) to make left handed reels in all their models?

I guess this site is not indicative of Shimano's target market.....

I'm a lefty who throws right and reels left:). I'm from Germany and here it is common to throw right and reel left. But my first reel was left handle because there was nothing else available so I learned to cast with the wrong hand. I cast quite well with my off hand, maybe I should learn to cast with my dominant hand too to have an advantage in heavy covered small streams.


Fly rod I cast with the left hand.

I must say I'm surprised by the results of the attached survey.

Left hand dominate/reel right

Cast with right.
Reel with left.

I began fishing with casting reels in the '50s and never liked having to switch hands to reel.

Fwiw, my father was also righthanded, but batted lefty and golfed lefty.

When I played golf I used righthanded clubs, but putted from the left usually.

Righty

I’m right handed.

Cast mainly with left and reel with right.

jbrew73 wrote:Left hand dominate/reel right

Same

Lefty.
Cast with right and reel with left

mostly reelling with right but using both to get the hang of it and to give a rest to other arm

I am surprised to see lefties surpassing righties! 57% to 43%

I hope the major brands are paying attention.