Comments on: The Trout Underground Gives It Away AGAIN! Win a Book or DVD

By: Jeff Hensley

Jeff Hensley — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:32:22 +0000

I cast with my right arm and reel in with my left hand, unless i’m fishing south of the Equator, in which case i cast with my left hand and reel in with my right, of course.
One other exception is when i’m casting stones into holes being fished by Dave Roberts. In that case, i use two hands and throw large stones in an overhead fashion in the vicinity of his soft hackle.

By: Larry Nash

Larry Nash — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:46:32 +0000

I cast with my right, and reel with my left, but I noticed on a trip to the Southern Hemisphere last year that I did just the opposite down there. Must be the Coriolis effect, what?
I have been completely unsuccessful in trying to convert my southpaw brother my RIGHT way of fishing, but he has developed a nice stutter and a shifty look.
Regards,
Larry Nash

By: SAltsh

SAltsh — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:25:04 +0000

By the way, I’d really like the DVD if I win.
No, you don’t; Yes I do; No, you don’t; Yes, I do;……….

…..Steve

By: Vix

Vix — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:31:12 +0000

Wow! This has become a big hatch.
Ok, when it comes to flyreels I turn into a lefty.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:09:31 +0000

Lots of entrants, and if you want to enter, but haven't, better get moving. I plan to wrap this up Thursday (tomorrow) so we can have a winner before my trip to the SF Bay Area for the CalTrout fundraiser.

By: wordshiner

wordshiner — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:50:53 +0000

Cast right and reel left for freshwater–why change hands and risk losing a fish?–and reel righty in the salt. Salty fish build up more slack line than my left can keep up with.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:05:06 +0000

oatka: A hint of pathos… excellent.

By: Alistair

Alistair — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:32:53 +0000

Oh left all the way, using the right and switching is just plain posh.

By: oatka

oatka — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:26:24 +0000

Don’t ask…Don’t tell.

By: chrised

chrised — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:41:46 +0000

I reel with my left because it is the only thing my left hand can do with anything approaching proficiency. The right gets to do everything else and it would be cruel to take away the left’s one raison d’etre.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:49:25 +0000

Left is the new right.

By: Beaverkill

Beaverkill — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:27:02 +0000

I reel Left cause I don’t have a choice…It is a long story. Happened years ago when I was wrestling Gators. I wont bore you with the details…Cant blame the Gator, I probably looked like a one winged Green Drake caught in a Back Eddy…
I don’t want to hear all these sorry little stories about your ambidextrous reeling handicaps…Try driving a motorcycle on the NJ Turnpike and not being able to Flip the Bird..

If I win I will take the DVD, it is easier to use the remote than turn a page on the toilet…See ya on the Water, I gotta go polish my alligator boots..

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:42:55 +0000

I think the “real” question is the general lack of any reeling goint on right now. I can’t remember which hand I last used.

I need some fishing. Give me a cane pole for all I care.

By: John W

John W — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:30:42 +0000

I reel left. Makes no sense to lose time switching hands to reel.

By: hawgdaddy

hawgdaddy — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:29:20 +0000

I reel left, but I recently found myself with four Pflueger Medalist 1492 1/2s which only reel right. So, cheapskate that I am, I’m learning to use the things as opposed to buying more suitable reels. I tried turning them around backwards, but that violated something in my psyche I don’t understand. Anyway, I go both ways…er…you know what I mean.

hawgdaddy