Casting Methodology

[JohnF]

Dunno if I've got this right cuz I've never initiated a poll before but here goes:

 

There's a thread on the go now about grip and cranking style that's getting lots of input. It would be interesting, for me at least, if we do a head count on methodology.

 

JF

[Spiel]

What about the "I can cast and retrieve efficiently with either hand" option.

[vance]

I can cast farther with my right arm but I am more accurate with my left and I am always switch casting depending on where I am in the boat and who is around me.I haven't used a spinning rod near a much as a bait caster and one thing good about spinning reels is the ability to move the crank to either side so that switching hands is not an issue.

By the way I am right handed.

 

 

vance

Edited February 4, 2010 by vance

[dannyboy]

You should include whether the caster is left or right handed to avoid a skew in your data by us sinister folk.

 

Dan

[Raf]

i am lefthanded (writing, throwing, hockey etc) but I cast with my right and reel with left baitcast or spinning. so am i the weird one? hahah

 

could not imagine casting with left hand. not that there's anything wrong with it.

[LucG]

Now we have two posts I'll have to follow...lol jk

 

Great Poll, but yeah, it should identify lefty from righty.

[John]

Cast right, crank left....anything else seems, well, wrong.

[DRIFTER_016]

Cast and Crank Left.

Baseball was tough for me too as I caught and threw with my left as well.

[JohnF]

Now we have two posts I'll have to follow...lol jk

 

Great Poll, but yeah, it should identify lefty from righty.

 

I didn't figger handedness was relevant here given the variety of tsyles used by right handers alone.

 

JF

[Leecher]

I cast left and reel right.... I don't own a baitcaster so this is for spinning outfit only.

[bigugli]

Completely ambidextrous with the bait caster.

[JohnF]

I cast left and reel right.... I don't own a baitcaster so this is for spinning outfit only.

 

I just knew there'd be someone like you show up.

 

JF

[Leecher]

I just knew there'd be someone like you show up.

JF

 

Yes I'm weird John

[walleyejigger]

i'm a lefty on all counts, but can manage righty if needed

[Rizzo]

man what a bunch of suckers you are. I have someone cast for me, start the retrieve and then pass it off when a fish hits...the whole cast/retrieve is waaay to much work

[splashhopper]

Damnnnn,.. John..... just when i almost lost my OBSESSION for soft water... u gotta bring up CASTING

 

I am trying to " be excited" about catching panfish... I am really trying.,.,.,, maybe when i catch something bigger under the ice... soon i hope... will i really get EXCITED .... in the mean time...i will keep on jiggin

[Whitespinnerbait]

I cast left and reel right.... I don't own a baitcaster so this is for spinning outfit only.

 

 

 

[kickingfrog]

I bet the numbers would look a little different if it was Americans only answering this poll.

[JPD]

Same goes for me. I can cast with either hand but always reel baitcasting with the right and spinning with the left.

 

Whenever I try to reel a baitcaster left handed I end up spinning the rod not the handle! Spinning reels are easier to reel with the opposite hand for some reason... don't ask me why... it just works out that way for me.

[Roy]

Spinning reels are easier to reel with the opposite hand for some reason... don't ask me why... it just works out that way for me.

 

Dyna balance.

[dave524]

Same goes for me. I can cast with either hand but always reel baitcasting with the right and spinning with the left.

 

Whenever I try to reel a baitcaster left handed I end up spinning the rod not the handle! Spinning reels are easier to reel with the opposite hand for some reason... don't ask me why... it just works out that way for me.

 

When spinning gear was fairly new to North America in the fifties and early sixties, it was not unusual to see people that had been brought up using bait casting gear and cranking with the right hand actually switch hands with spinning gear and with the spinning reel on top of the rod reeling backwards to retrieve. Same problem, different era

[JohnF]

Whenever I try to reel a baitcaster left handed I end up spinning the rod not the handle! Spinning reels are easier to reel with the opposite hand for some reason... don't ask me why... it just works out that way for me.

 

That's as good an explanation for CRCR as I've seen yet.

 

And I notice the CRCL contingent is forging ahead again in the BC dept. Last night I thought the traditional CRCRers were overtaking us. Frankly I think the poll will favour the CRCR types if the numbers get high enuf. Apparently it's just us lefty crankers who are paying attention.

 

JF

Edited February 5, 2010 by JohnF

[lookinforwalleye]

Same goes for me. I can cast with either hand but always reel baitcasting with the right and spinning with the left.

 

Whenever I try to reel a baitcaster left handed I end up spinning the rod not the handle! Spinning reels are easier to reel with the opposite hand for some reason... don't ask me why... it just works out that way for me.

 

 

Glad to see you are one of the normai ones JP!!

[Rich Clemens]

Hey .... We're Winning. Cast Right / Crank Left.

[JohnF]

Hey .... We're Winning. Cast Right / Crank Left.

 

That's very strange because usually the smarter people are in the minority.

 

JF