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        <![CDATA[ If you wind with your Left hand and a reel comes along that you really like, and is expensive (your definition of expensive here) but is a Right hand wind 
will you buy it? Same question for those who use their Right hand to wind and a Left hand wind reel comes up for sale.


JimP ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ well now billy , please do let us all know if your a switch hitter with reeling or just a plain ol righty who might wish to go lefty
<br>
i would think you must of gave it a try , ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ What DrakeBob said, of course.  Here is <strong>BHB&#39;s Lexicon for Post-75 Reel Lovers</strong>*,
<br>
however, to make this RHW-LHW discussion easier to follow for fellow Forum seniors.
<br>
<br>
<strong>LH:</strong> the one opposite your right hand.
<br>
<br>
<strong>RH:</strong>  your other left hand.
<br>
<br>
<strong>ambidextrous:</strong>  the ability to pull up sagging waders, scratch where you itch, and
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crank your reel simultaneously; <strong>synonym:</strong> resembling Harry... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I wind and cast right hand. The only time this becomes important is when you have a big enough fish on that you want to fight it on the reel and he/she
suddenly turns around and swims toward you. You then have to wind like a son of a gun, to take up all slack in the line (especially important with barb-less
hooks). I have recently had such an occurrence and I was glad I was winding with the dominant hand. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/145270/t/Left-Hand-Wind-to-Right-and-Visa-Versa.html#reply-145270</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Man I was hoping to avoid this one. It&#39;s the type of thread one usually sees during the off season when everyone has the shack nasties. Fly reels were
originally set up for RH because virtually all other reels were also set up that way (plugcasters, etc.) The introduction of the under the rod spinning reel
was the beginning of the change. Lee Wulff then began encouraging flyfishers, and fly reel makers, to make their reels set up for LH, or at least for them to
be convertible to LH. I... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I reel LHW after decades of LHW spinning reels and for me it&#39;s not the reeling RHW that&#39;s hard, it&#39;s the line management.  Clamping and releasing
the line with my left forefinger is really awkward.  Automatic mending left handed -- forget it.  But I guess I&#39;m talking about left handed fishing. 
Passing the rod back and forth just seems really inefficient for a right handed caster but I suppose it&#39;s all in what you&#39;re used to.
<br> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Uhhh...what Drake Bob said.  Oh yes, and I do fish all my many RHW reels frequently, but I will probably get a new Perfect in LHW for the best of both worlds.
<br> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Finn, the conventional wisdom is that back in the day, people were advised to crank their reel with their dominant hand - for most that would be right, hence,
RHW.  To my way of thinking, the dominant hand should be handling the rod and the fish and the non-dominant hand (left, in my case) should get the mechanical
assist from the reel (LHW).  But, that&#39;s just me. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Finn,
<br>
    From what I have read over the years the reel was made RHW as it was generally the way folks used them, i.e. they cast right handed and then would place
the rod in the left hand using the right hand to the reel, this would feel unnatural to me but I suppose if this was how you learned to do it
............................ 
<br> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/145150/t/Left-Hand-Wind-to-Right-and-Visa-Versa.html#reply-145150</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I do two things really well left handed, eat with my fork and write. I own left and right hand reels. For me it is pretty easy to reel with either right or
left hand.
<br>
<br>
The issue is fighting the fish with the rod hand, not as smooth with my left hand holding the rod, winding in line is not the issue...
<br>
So for those who said no, do you have trouble moving the rod to put the proper pressure on the fish? Or do you have trouble turning the reel handle? ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I was told that with the US introduction of the French made Mitchell spinning reels - that under rod mounted reels found favor as left hand wind. Prior to this
all the fly reels were RHW, and interestingly enough for right hand casters with the knob facing right, there is less of a chance of the line wrapping up on
the crank.
<br>
<br>
Les ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Has anybody ever explained why fly reels were mostly RHW?  Don&#39;t most people cast Right Handed?  It seems only natural that one would cast right handed and
reel left handed. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ i couldn&#39;t care if righty or lefty , i can go both ways , and i think everyone else could if they really wanted to , you just go to the river fishing and
take the reel that you want to learn on , if you really want to learn to use both hands then just keep going and take the reel you need to learn on , your not
going to go fishing and pack up and go home , you have to really say you want to learn , it will suck at first , it will feel really ugly , and yes you&#39;ll
make mistakes , but... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ My modern reels are set up LHW and I cast right handed, but for my vintage reels I prefer RHW since most are already set up that way.
<br>
<br>
Les ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Just make sure you can resell for an acceptable price: what you paid; more than what you paid; or, a small enough loss that you might call it &quot;learning
money&quot;.  Suggest buying a cheap reel to train yourself on RHW, then pick up the nice ones.
<br>
<br>
C ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I might as I am RHW with the fly reel and LHW with the spinning reel, go figure. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Again 99% a No.  Only exception is a RHW Pflueger GEM which belonged to my Dad which gets fished a couple times a year with his old Shakespeare rod. I did buy
a Pflueger 1392 and a 1494 from the 1930&#39;s because they are cool and cost less than $100, but they sit on my shelf at home. I plan to fish them someday or
let my kids use them. I have no desire to buy say a RHW Hardy, VonHoffe, Dingley etc because I am a fisherman not a collector.
<br>
Jeff ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I had a friend who suffered intermittent neurological problems in his hands. Since he was never certain in advance of a fishing trip which hand would be in
best condition, he trained himself to be fully ambidextrous, casting or reeling with either hand. He set aside a year (he fished very often) and forced himself
to use the hands untrained for casting and for reeling. He looked really bad on the stream for a long time, but he didn&#39;t give up and he reached his goal.
Among the many... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I cast right and reel right. This happens to widen my choices, and allows me to spend even more money that I don&#39;t have. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ If I like the reel handedness is not an issue.   If it is changeable I usually use it LHW out of habit. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ More often then not the answer would be no since I suffer a 65% use of my right hand so reeling left hand is important............
<br> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ If you wind with your Left hand and a reel comes along that you really like, and is expensive (your definition of expensive here) but is a Right hand wind 
will you buy it? Same question for those who use their Right hand to wind and a Left hand wind reel comes up for sale.
<br>
<br>
JimP ]]></description>

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