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Posts: 3 06/26/2008 21:52 |
Hello, I was curious how many of you prefer to reel with your left hand but will reel righty in order to use a certain reel. The reason I ask is that I'm
looking for a 3 1/8" hardy perfect and can't decide if I should pony up the BIG bucks for a LHW or try to learn to reel right handed and save some
cash. Any thoughts, opinions, suggestions or experiences are greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Jake |
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Posts: 1993 06/26/2008 22:28 Moderator |
Jake -
Welcome to the forum, and as someone that uses and likes RHW reels, I sincerely think that all of you LHW using guys and gals out there should just keep buying those LHW reels........heck if you lefty winders start buying RHW reels that will drive the price up for us righty winders and then in retaliation we'll have to start buying up the already highly priced LHW reels just out of spite........ 
The whole balance of nature between the LHW and RHW fisherperson will be thrown way out of wack, so it's probably not worth the risk and IMHO opinion you just go ahead and drop the cash for that LHW Perfect you want.......you owe it to yourself ....don't you 
Just my $0.02 which is worth less in the UK and in Canada.... Mark B |
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Posts: 4 06/26/2008 22:49 |
Mark,
I DO owe it to myself. Convincing my wife of that is another story. Thanks for the advice. Jake |
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Posts: 2018 06/26/2008 22:51 Moderatus Muscae |
Years ago I had a very smart friend who decided to learn how to reel and cast with either hand. He did it by forcing himself cold-turkey to use the unfamiliar
hand exclusively. It took him an entire year to master it, and he fished almost every day. At the end of a year he could use any reel, and he could make a good
cast no matter which way the wind was blowing or whether trees and shrubs were on one side of him or the other.
As for me, I grew up reeling with the right hand, and am useless when trying to wind with the left.
Quashnet's Paul H. Young Rod Database has photos and descriptions of 290 PHY Co. rods, plus catalogs, accessories,
etc. Thank you to all who continue to send me PHY rod photos and info.
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Posts: 63 06/26/2008 23:05 |
I've learn to fish with LHW and when I got into saltwater, I've relearned and started to use RHW set up. It took few days to get used to it. Now, most
of my set ups are for RHW.
I'd say save money and buy it RHW and see if you can get used to it. If you can't stand it, you should be able to sell it for the price you paid for... may be. |
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Posts: 37 06/27/2008 02:11 |
Good enough reason for me to learn RHW was when I got opportunity to buy Hardy Perfect Spitfire (3 1/8") ltd edition reel. I have now fished once with
it and my feeling was that, YES, it will be difficult but I know that I can learn to use it perfectly if I will. I think toughest part was holding a rod in my
left hand when you have fish on. It was difficult to balance the force how to keep the rod. I find it neat to lean with against my stomatch, get sort of
additional support. That being said, I'll continue learning to reel RHW and possibly will help to increase prices of those reels -Jukka |
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Posts: 870 06/27/2008 02:29 |
Jake Welcome to the board. You have brought up one the favorite subjects of the fly reel section. All the guys who want to shift there rod from the right hand
to the left hand to wind there backward reels as soon as they hook a fish. They will have you believe this is totally natural to fish. The LHW group will buy
reels that have the handle on the correct side of the reel. Better yet reels that fish both way.
RHW Perfects are a lot cheaper than LHW but about the same as the newer bougles perfects which I enjoy the most of all. I like the small perfects, my little 2 7/8" is sweet but the 3" Bougle holds more line and really sings with a fish on. So I would hold out for the LHW it is so worth the wait. There are still some great deals out there. I just saw a Winston Perfect that was used in the 3 1/8 size sell for $ 455 now that is a great price. The Bougles are selling in the same price range. I would hold out for LHW. Alan |
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Posts: 5 06/27/2008 03:03 |
Thanks to all for the remarks. So far it seems 50/50 as to learning to reel right handed or holding out for a LHW reel. If I don't reply and thank you
for your comments over the next few days, please don't think I'm rude, I'll be prowling the banks of the Owyhee river looking for some beautiful
bank feeding browns. Tight lines!
Jake |
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Posts: 571 06/27/2008 07:55 |
I have been a LHW all my life , but recently I stumbled on to a RHW Perfect and have been learning to do things bass-ackward. The right hand seems to have no
problem doing the cranking but the left hand is still learning what to do with the rod. Once my left hand learns how to play a fish I think I will try casting
with the left hand. I have encountered many situations where a left hand cast would have been a good solution to a presentation problem and have often thought
that casting lefty would be a good skill to have.
If you have a reversible reel, you could convert it to RHW and try it out before you buy a RHW Perfect. That way you could resolve any doubts you might have before you spend a dollar. AgMD |
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Posts: 3782 06/27/2008 08:51 Moderator |
If you have a more modern reel that can be switched, switch it, try it, if you like it, save the money, if not, save and buy the LHW.
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Posts: 5893 06/27/2008 10:15 Bulldog1935 |
I plead south paw caster
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Posts: 760 06/27/2008 11:05 |
Hi Jake, I'm in the same boat.It's not the crank winding that bothers me,it's the fish playing.I'm so right handed I couldn't even play
with myself left handed let alone a fish.I cast right handed and it's only natural that the rod stay in my right hand when fighting the fish and be able to
control the fish.I've been looking for an old Hardy St George in LHW for years and we are all aware of how big a difference in money they bring when one
surfaces.I'll just do without rather than switch hands (at the age of 60,it's far harder to break habits than it is at say 20 or 30).Thank goodness for
the click and pawl reels that convert in seconds.
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Posts: 59 06/27/2008 14:16 |
I can wind with both hands,
But with a right hand reel I cast the rod in the right hand and put the rod in the left hand to wind the reel with the right. easy. All these left and rights I am getting confused. |
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Posts: 442 06/27/2008 15:06 |
Right/Right. I learned on an old no name bamboo, with a no name aluminum reel (Herter's?) without a line guard to "show me the way....". Saw a
guy casting right handed and so emulated his casting stroke. I have a few reels set up for LH wind and am too lazy to change them. In fact,I feel uncomfortable
when I use them as I have to remind myself to retract line (reel) with my Left hand.
Not going to let it get to me to the extent of spoiling the day. R |
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Posts: 495 06/27/2008 19:44 |
Hi Guys, This is always a fun one isn't it? I reel with my right hand 'cause I'M RIGHT HANDED!!! If God had meant for us to reel with our
left hands we would have been born with reel handles instead of, umm.... Well, I kinda lost my train of thought. Anyway Ernie Schweibert said that a person
should wind with their dominant hand. So there , na, na ,na. Also, I wind with my right hand because I'M NOT A SPIN FISHERMAN. I came to fly fishing
from bait casting. I still bait cast. I never have any trouble getting slack wound up while transferring the rod from my right hand to my left the slack just
needs to be on the lower part of the upper wrist on the hand to which the rod is being transferred. Then with the line snuggly under the thumb of the rod hand
which is doing the receiving of the rod give a slight but determined flip of the wrist and there you have it. That's what I did yesterday while I was
landing that fish that I lost anyway. So you see it's all very important. Jay Edwards
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Posts: 904 06/28/2008 09:31 |
Go for LHW if you can possibly afford it, not merely because it's LHW but because it is what you want and feel you deserve. If you compromise because of
$, you'll always feel, when you switch hands with the rod, that you could have had what you really wanted for a few bucks more.
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Posts: 791 06/28/2008 10:55 Moderator |
BobS wrote: Sage advise, Bob, as compromise dictates that no one gets what they really want. Jake, if you've drawn a bead on a LHW Perfect and she strikes your fancy, pull the trigger. 
P-51D (Mustang) Nose Art S/N# 44-11661 334th FS/4th FG |
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bank feeder |
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Posts: 6 06/30/2008 13:57 |
Thanks everyone for the responses. I have a reel that I can switch to RHW and see how that works for me. I do plan on using this reel for quite a while, so
if I end up going LHW, I can justify the expense by dividing the total dollar amount by the years fished and it wont be too bad. Actually, if I divide the
total cost by the number of fish the reel will wind in, it should look even more reasonable
. Unfortunately, I don't have a bead on a LHW perfect, but I'll keep
checking the bay or possibly post a WTB in the classified section here. thanks again guys.
Jake |
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Posts: 2499 06/30/2008 15:07 Moderator |
1. Understand that a fine dinner out, shoes, a bag, flowers, or all of these may be necessary regardless which you purchase.
2. Hardy Perfects retain value in either wind direction so long as they aren't badly damaged by you after you buy them. You can almost always get your money back out if needed. 3. Heck, get both. Just explain to her all the other things you'll be able to do with your newfound right-handed skills.
"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time" ~ Bertrand Russell |
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Posts: 1610 06/30/2008 16:18 |
Chris, as always, has good advice.
I've always used either hand w/o worrying much about it, depending on the reel. I think we're all making too much of the subject. I can reel as easily on the left or right, as I suspect anyone else can. I suppose someone could tie themselves into psychological knots over this, but it's easiest just to go out & have some fun. You'll be quite surprised to find your hands do what you ask them to. :-) |
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Posts: 911 06/30/2008 18:27 Moderator |
Making too much of it? Surely you jest!
Anyway, what Jay said. LHW is for fixed spool spin reels. 100 gazillion Hardys, Dingleys and Medalists can't be wrong. |
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