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As one of the genetically gifted (a lefty), I am concerned with your use of the word "sinister", but I will move beyond that to a couple of comments of my own.
The reason that I most often consider casting with my other hand (off side casting) is wind. When the wind is blowing from my left, I risk accidently casting the fly into my rod or into me. The wind pushes the moving line towards me. Once you drive a 1/0 Clouser into the back of your own head, you develope a new respect for the phrase "chuck and duck" and be advised that even a small fresh-water fly can snap off the tip of your fly rod with alarming finality. I describe this as the $300 false cast.
What to do? Some casters simply turn their back to the target and cast backwards; thereby puting the line on their down-wind side. I can manage this (barely) but I give up some distance and more accuracy that I care to admit. Another solution is to tilt your rod about 45 degrees across your body, cast with you usual casting hand while throwing the line over your down wind (off side) shoulder. For me, this is a good compromise that I can manage out to medium distances with pretty good speed and accuracy. I can cast (and haul) as usual without the danger of an unplanned hook up.
Some casters find that if they shift to their off hand and cast with their dominant hand over (clasped on top of) their weak hand, that their dominant hand leads the casting stroke and puts everything into order.
Switching casting hands is a weird art.Casting instructors sometimes find they can "unblock" a beginner who is stuck on learning a new technique by having them try it with their off hand. I have no idea why this works, but it does. This was taught to me by a casting instructor who began his demo of controling your loop at the casting pool while casting with his left hand. Half way through the demonstration he quietly shifted the rod to his right (natural) hand and continued to throw perfectly controled casts. Enough said. Bill Lambot