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Recommend a First Baitcaster for Long-Time Spinning Reel Fisherman?

07Rapala
in Fishing Rods, Reels, Line, and Knots

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I cast using my right hand. Spinning the stays in my right hand, bait casting the rod gets switched over to my left hand.

This how I learned to cast and retrieve lures in the mid 50’s.

For me it’s all about comfort and trained fingers used to detect strikes.

Strike detection isn’t a topic discussed often but requires all your senses including line movements detected by your finger tips. My left hand fingers are more sensitive then my right hand fingers do to decades of feedback.

Tom 

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