Left or Right handed reels?

Oh man, I'm glad you asked. Now I know I'm not the only one. 
Right handed, reel with the left. I was so happy when lefty reels started coming out. It's just a more civilized way of doing it.

makes my head hurt...same as Baitman though...

I'm a lefty but do all sports right
my gal is true left

and she was having a hard time with a jigmaster that is right side handle-trying to bend the darn handle when she was fighting a charter salmon....So I bought her a left side handle okuma linecounter...she says it "feels weird" does NOT like it ..I tried it...feels weird...

all rental rods on the charters /that i saw /was not really looking/but all were right side conventionals..

  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.

Going southpaw......as in their fly reels are left handed or they opt for left handed conventional/baitcasting reels? 

 

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

+1 Exactly!

I cast left crank right. Always have. I'm left handed I bought a lefty c3 years ago thinking I would be nice to have a reel made for a lefty damn I was wrong.

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.

Going southpaw......as in their fly reels are left handed or they opt for left handed conventional/baitcasting reels?

I guess in this case I was talking about fly reels, but I wonder if they'd opt for left handed casting reels too...

I didn't know left handed reels were so popular. I use my left hand on spinning reels and that feels ok. I have righties for all the rest I think because that's what I had as a kid. I wish I had thought about this four reels ago. 

I'm right handed. Cast with my right (if I want to be precise/accurate) and reel with my right. It takes a milisecond to switch hands after casting but I can cast & reel with both hands...while holding a beer with my third hand.

Cast right, reel left.  Naturally ambidextrous.

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.

Going southpaw......as in their fly reels are left handed or they opt for left handed conventional/baitcasting reels?

I guess in this case I was talking about fly reels, but I wonder if they'd opt for left handed casting reels too...

I mostly fly fish and yes my spinning reel is set up for left handed.  Last right handed reel I had was a Penn Senator 1/0 back in the 70s

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

How would you know??   

I'm right handed

Spinning: left
Baitcaster: right
Conventional: right

No reason why just feels normal to me.

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

How would you know??   

Thanks for having my back 

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

How would you know??   

Cause the reel manufacturers are charging weirdos an extra $50 for your colored left handed reels.   

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.

Going southpaw......as in their fly reels are left handed or they opt for left handed conventional/baitcasting reels?

I guess in this case I was talking about fly reels, but I wonder if they'd opt for left handed casting reels too...

Would they lower themselves to using conventional gear?