Julius L

When I see videos of people not palming the reel while retrieving and instead mainly holding the rod it drives me insane. Especially when a fish blows up on the bait and the rod almost gets snatched out of their hands.

There is no “correct” way to fish, and if you grew up using a certain reel because that’s what was available then that’s an entirely different story. But you wouldn’t agree that when using a jerk bait or stroking a jig off the bottom that your dominant hand would do a better job?

People blow the whole right vs left out of proportion and I understand that those who grew up fishing in the 70’s/80’s only had access to right handed reels. But in today’s age if someone is starting out I see no reason not to have them use their dominant. Unless they feel more comfortable casting the other way.

I’m left handed but bat and golf as a righty. Funny enough I use my phone with my right hand as well!

I’m left handed and use a right handed reel. I can’t imagine trying to set a hook with my right hand.

I am a firm believer that a fisherman should hold the rod with their dominant hand and reel with their non-dominant hand. I say this because when will your non-dominant hand ever have more finesse than your dominant hand? You’ll never be able to write, shoot, or draw as well with your non-dominant hand and I think the same goes for imparting action on a lure with your non-dominant hand. Maybe I’m wrong, but if you’re right handed you should be using a left handed bait-caster and vice versa.

Yes, it is the C3 5500. All she needs is a little cleaning and greasing.

Thanks for the feedback. I am going to use the BlackMax for the time being. I do have an old Abu Garcia ambassador reel would that fair any better?

What are your thoughts on using a 1.5 oz lure? I have a glide bait that is around this weight and I've been itching to use it.

Hey all, I recently purchased an Abu Garcia Vendetta Heavy Fast action casting rod (on clearance at Walmart for 30 bucks!) and want to start throwing bigger moving baits (glide baits and swim baits) in the 1-2oz range. I currently own a few 100 size bait-casters (Daiwa Tatula ct 100, Daiwa Tatula sv tw 103, and an Abu Garcia BlackMax) and after doing research people believe that using a lure in the 1-2 oz range will damage the gears in a 100 size bait-caster is this true? I don’t plan on using the Daiwa SVTW 103 on the Vendetta rod, and in the past I have thrown 1oz baits on the Daiwa CT with no problem but I don’t want to end up destroying the Daiwa CT if I consistently use 1-2oz baits on it. Please let me know your thoughts!