Left or Right handed reels?

I am right handed. My reels have the handle on the right side. When I cast my line I have to switch hands to reel it in. When trolling, my rod tip points to my left so I will usually pick up the rod with my right hand and switch it to my left so I can reel in. I am thinking about getting a reel with line counter to use to troll for trout. I'm thinking I might be better off if I get one with the handle on the left side. Do many people use a left handed reel for this reason? How does it work for you?

I am right handed and I reel with my left hand.all of the people I know that are right handed reel with their left hand.

I'm right handed.
ALL my reels are lefties. Only makes sense.

All the right handed people I know reel with their right hand for a conventional / baitcasting reel. This seems odd to me.

I personally am right handed and reel with my left hand on all types of reels.

Im right handed but use left handed reels. I support the rod with my dominate hand and reel with the left hand. It is what feels natural.

I think what it was is the old zebco spincaster were only available in right hand retrieve

I'm right handed.
ALL my reels are lefties. Only makes sense.

This.

Cast right , reel left  can't imagine doing it any other way

I'm right-handed and I reel with my right hand on all bait-casting type of reels (which is mostly what I use). But that's more due to having a bad left wrist than anything else...

I use only right handed, but I have a buddy who uses all left handed except for conventional salt reels. if you feel that left handed works for you, then go ahead! most places, like BPS, you can try out in the store.

Right handed but retrieve with my left on all reels.
Avet only makes left hand retrieve reels in silver without paying $50 extra for another color. Bastards!

I'm surprised at how many people are lefty reel with conventional. Considering 90% of conventional reels are righty. Weird.

without paying $50 extra for another color.

That's sucks.....it's good to be normal 


The standard for decades has been right handed = right hand retrieve on all conventional and baitcasting reels.  Left hand retrieve didn't really become readily available till the bass guys starting going gaga over LH.  One of my pops' buddies was always ticked about being left handed and not having very many options.  He did get some pretty good deals however, LH reels usually got marked way down on clearance when nobody wanted em. 

I don't feel I'm particularly disadvantaged by losing out on the micro-seconds or extra effort it takes to switch hands.  I bought a left handed reel once.......I sold it before I used it, felt too weird.


 

  Ha,., I'm glad I'm not the only person with this problem.

   Spinning reel...   Left
   Bait caster,,,,  left
   Conventional,,,  right.       I think that's mostly because i don't cast with it.

Left hand retrieve didn't really become readily available till the bass guys starting going gaga over LH. 

Not really. Fly anglers have been going "southpaw" for years now. guess it's because they do a lot more casting.