I saw this on another forum and thought I would post one here to see what the demographics of this community are when it comes to reels.

 

The question is, are you a righty or a lefty? Manufacturers claim that they sell many more right hand retrieve reels than left hand retrieves.

 

Also, note that in the poll, "right hand dominant" means you cast with your right hand, and "left hand dominant" means you cast with your left hand (in case that was written in a confusing way).

 

*****This is for casting reels ONLY*****

I am the majority. Right and Right.

 

My friend only uses left hand retrieve reels. I tried to use his and i just couldnt do it, but he swears by it.

Nvm phone didnt display poll till i cleared

That really doesn't make sense...

Reel manufacturers claim of more righties than lefties pertains to retrieving, not casting.

I cast with my right arm but reel with my left and i am about as right hand dominant as they come.

I meant to say "more righties sold than lefties" rather than "more righties than lefties"... I'll fix that right now.

 

EDIT: I just retyped it to something else so it makes more sense.

Rod in the left hand, reel with the right. Whatever that makes me. Fwiw I throw a baseball right handed but can hit from either side of the plate. Lol.

Gotcha. I would bet that is true though.

I can cast with my right or left, I prefer to cast with my right though, and I hold the rod in my left hand, and reel with my right. 

 

Mitch

Right hand dominant, left hand retrieve....Easier for me to cast with my right and and not have to switch hands to start reeling.

Minority here..........left dominant, right retrieve....same side for me either spinning or casting gear!

I'm illiterate with my left hand, tried playing guitar for years could never get hang of it. Anyhow been casting righty and reeling lefty all my life. Never understood the point of rod switching hands.

i am Right Dominant, Left retrive. Why use less dominant arm for setting the hook and feeling the bite? never made sense to me...

I am left handed and I always cast with my left and reel with my right.

I am the majority. Right and Right.

 

My friend only uses left hand retrieve reels. I tried to use his and i just couldnt do it, but he swears by it.

I'm right handed and can't do right hand retrieve on baitcasting reels. It just feels funny. It's weird because I can't do anything else lefty. I wish they'd make more lefty baitcasting reels. Seems often times I can't get a reel I want in the gear ratio I want.

I can use left or right... However I do still prefer R/H retrieve

I feel that I can control the rod better with my right hand so Im switching to all lefty retrieve reels.

Right hand dominant

Reel right hand

Cast/hold with left hand

As someone mentioned above, I learned this way because it makes casting and spinning gear setups the same. In all likelihood, if companies had offered left handed retrieves back in the day, I probably would have gone the more 'natural' route for a right handed person and cast right handed and reeled left.

Right hand dominant, cast with either, left hand retrieve.

I'm right handed, but use left retrieve.  I started like many on spinning gear and 2 years ago I got my first baitcaster.  It was a righty and I never felt comfortable, so I bought a few lefties and never looked back.  I think a lot of new baitcaster-users will start with lefties.  It seems like a lot of people that are right-handed who use right retrieve probably started using bait casters years ago when lefties weren't quite as available.

Powerhand casting/fighting (right handed), left hand cranking....

Right hand dominant, left hand retrieve....Easier for me to cast with my right and and not have to switch hands to start reeling.

 

+1

Right hand dominant
Reel either hand
Cast/hold with either hand

 

If I had to chose one it would be left hand reel.  Grew up that way with spinning reels.

Right hand dominant ~ Reel right hand retrieve.

 

Over the years I've jacked up both shoulders pretty good so I've learned to cast either way depending on which rotator cuff and medial head is the crankiest.

 

Incidentally, while learning to cast off the left side. I learned that for me, it's all about technique and not power.

 

A-Jay

 

Right handed, reel lefty, prefer to shoot with my right hand but I'm left eye dominant. So there you go!

Right handed, switched to left handed retrieve about 10 years ago. Wish I'd done it 20 years ago.

Shocking results, no? Just like the similar thread on the other forum, left side retrieve reels received more votes! 32 votes lefty, 17 righty. That is almost 2 to 1.