The comments section has done nothing but PROVE my points haha! EVERYONE is SURE that their reasoning is right, and there's NO counter argument possible! Just use whatever you want folks, and get good at being efficient with it. Switching hands has never cost me a fish, that's why I'm sticking with it
It all started with the button cast and night crawlers for me😂 it was always a right hand retrieve too. As I’ve grown into a bass fisherman, I see this happen too often where people wanna be cool and use a right hand retrieve just because it’s “cool” and the pros are doing it that way. I was never comfortable with right hand retrieve even as a young kid so I am now using what’s comfortable for me and it’s awesome!
It is more intuitive for a righty to reel with the left in my opinion when using lures. Casting, twitching, jigging and setting the hook requires dexterity and strength more easily done with your dominant arm. This is why spinners are oriented to the left from the factory. Right hand retrieves on baitcasters came from the old boating reels where cranking a big reel with your right to land a tuna was preferable. When they streamlined the baitcasters for inshore or freshwater they never changed the configuration. So everyone was forced to learn to use it that way. But, take it easy everybody, there is no right way only having fun and catching fish.
I'm right-handed but use left hand retrieve on baitcasters and spinning reels. My strength is in my right arm for rod control.. Great video with good input by the way
Grew up in Minnesota, spinning rods are king for panfish and walleye, right handed spinning handle on left. I got into bass fishing as an adult, first bait caster was right hand retrieve, and I just never got over the hump. It always felt so awkward controlling the rod with the “wrong” hand or the opposite hand I had been using for 25 years. So now I have 6 left retrieve casters and have sent the right hand down the road. Maybe I’m wrong but it could be more of a regional thing too, I know other guys “up here” that were spinning rod guys from birth, have now gotten into baitcast and it has to be left hand reel like the spinning rods we grew up with. Down south you guys are born with a bait caster in your crib 😂 and just get the feel for it right away, most often right hand retrieve.
I'm from Cali but I just moved out here to Arkansas and I just got my first baitcaster almost a year ago and it's weird trying to get used to on the right hand but as soon as I get the hang of it more I'll probably go and get a Lefty I'm hardly getting back lashes now so that's good now I just need to work on accuracy
Baseball is the reason why as a right-handed individual, I use left-handed fishing reels. Because in baseball when an individual throws a baseball with his right hand, they don't then switch their glove to the right hand to catch the ball.
I grew up using left-handed spinning reels. When I started learning to use a baitcaster, I was awful with it. But i decided to try a left-handed baitcaster I have more control. Plus, the reaction I get from my dad every time he tries to use my baitcaster is humorous.
Love that you actually said its about what feels right for you. Im in that first group getting my first BC soon and i definitely know that i would prefer a left hand over a right. Thanks again Tyler!
Thanks for this! Got my first bait caster for Christmas from my dad and he got me a right hand retrieve, but I have a left hand spinning rod. You’ve convinced me to give it a shot first instead of returning it!
Excellent video. I'm 64 years old and right hand dominant. I've fished baitcasters for about 35 years. I started out using the right hand crank because that's all that was available at the time. For many years I could never manage to effectively work a bait that required more than a straight retrieve when holding the rod in my left hand and reeling with my right. I bought my first left hand crank and used it for baits that required more action and I loved it. Switching hands to reel never cost me a fish that I know of, because I had the rod switched within a second of the bait hitting the water. That said, I fished both styles for years until my older reels needed replacing. As I replaced them, i did so with left hand retrieve reels. I say the answer to this question is to use what you like best. Done deal. For my money, using the rod in your dominant hand gives the ability to better handle the rod and make the baits do what you want them to. Bottom line is use what you like best, even if it means having both styles in the boat for different baits. You said most of this in your video so I guess I'm agreeing with you. Once again. Nice video
Tyler, you’ve nailed it with this video! I started RH retrieve, moved to all LH for the past 2 years simply due to my best friend and wife preferring it. This year I’ve decided to buy some Lews RH retrieve again because I just miss it in certain scenarios. It’s what you prefer! I’ll now own a few of both and probably grab one based on what I’m fishing that day.
As a fisherman that has just started to use a baitcaster this year, I would definitely recommend to use a left hand retrieval. I wanted to buy a baitcaster for a couple years now and over the winter, I finally pulled the trigger. All the sale associates told me that since I was right handed and had never used one before, to go with a left hand retrieve. As much as I HATED using my left hand to reel in, I forced myself to purchase it, realizing that I’d rather throw with my dominant hand and NOT SWITCH over to my left. Honestly, after practicing, and now using for about two months, I’m so happy I listened to them. I got used to reeling in left handed, and I like the fact that the rod is ALWAYS in my strong hand. I won’t lie, it still feels more comfortable to reel a right hand retrieve (for fun in stores), but when I’m fishing, I’m left hand retrieve all day. Hope this helps someone else. *For the record, no I didn’t go with a digital reel. I wanted to LEARN how to work and control one. I ended up getting the new Johnny Morris CarbonLite R&R set. Love it.
I am right-handed and use left-hand retrieve reels. You want to control the rod with your strongest arm. But use whatever feels right for you. Switching hands to control the rod seems like wasted energy..
Great video. I grew up with a right-handed reel but transitioned to a left-hand spinning reel. This spring I decided to change everything to left-hand reels, I like the thought of casting with my right and not changing over to reel. I also prefer to reach for the fish with my left hand when approaching the boat.
Great point. I think that’s why you can set the hook so quick. Its all what feels natural and it seems to be that people were only able to buy right retrieving bait casters years ago
I am right hand dominant. I reel casting, spinning and fly reels with my left hand. I'm in the camp of the rod should always be in your dominant hand for sensitivity, hook setting and controlling the fish. We aren't offshore fishing. Reeling in a musky with your off hand isn't even difficult. If you've always reeled righty, whatever who am I to say it's wrong? After discovering left handed bait casters I will never go back. I will also never own a DC reel. Completely agree dude. Awesome video.
I often fish daily for a couple months. To allow me to fish as much as I want, I switch sides and fish both right and left reeling in both spinning and Baitcasters. The action I impart is different L vs R which may influence bite with more variety. Great video thanks!
I mostly fish inshore, more often than not the fish bites the lure right when is hitting the water. Because I don’t change hands I am able to set the hook at that precise moment. I firmly believe that your dominant hand should hold the rod. But at the end of the day it all comes down to user preferences.
I loved this video Tyler and your grandpa sounds like a legend. How cool that your grandpa, dad and you are bass anglers and some day hopefully your baby boy will also be an angler.
I’m a little weird. I’m a right hander for most things but I hit a baseball and golf ball lefty. I ended up getting left hand retrieve because I wanted my right hand to tether the line. It took some getting used to but I figured it out. Tough party about it is, it’s just like shopping for golf clubs, lerty’s are few and far between! Good video Tyler!
I started out with the right hand retrieve baitcaster 30 years ago, and 25 years ago, I discovered a Diawa left hand retrieve real and never went back. For a lot of years, it was hard to find much verity to choose from (price points and plain stock availability) . The deciding factor for me was it was far easier to walk a top water with my right arm .
Great video! Left-handed here on all reels - been doing it the correct way forever. In the name of all that is sane, I don't understand why use both hands. It's a great approach as most of my buddies are righ-handed anglers so I don't have to share reels. 😅😂😅😂
I'm right-handed but every reel I have is left-handed. For me it's better and I've convinced a couple of my friends to make the switch. One doesn't like it at all. You're right though, whatever works best for the individual.
100% correct it’s all about comfort! I can only cast RH but I like both RH & LH retrieve bait casters for my jig & Texas rig set ups based on which way I’m casting up/down the bank. But I only use RH retrieve for reaction rigs of any kind. Spinning rods only LH retrieve because I can’t cast left handed.
This year was the first year that I bought a left handed baitcaster. Im 38 and Ive fished a long time but I had never even thought about it. Honestly I enjoy it equally since baitcasting is newer to me than spinning gear. Its all about enjoying fishing to me.
I am 70 and have always been a left hand reel guy the reason goes back to my father he lost his rod and reel one time many years before casting with his right hand and while changing over to reel with his right hand a big bass took his rod and reel right out of mid air as he tossed it from right hand to left hand to reel it in, lol true story! So I have never changed i alway keep the rod in the right hand it just makes sense to fish that way now.
My grandpa also taught me to fish a lhr spinner and a rhr baitcaster, but I finally got around to trying lhr baitcasters and I prefer it. Took a bit of getting used to but testing it out on a $30 reel is a good idea for anyone wanting to try something different without "wasting money."
I switched to lefty reels for bottom contact techniques this year and absolutely love it and am mad at myself I didn't until now. Handling a rod I my left hand for bottom contact after all the years and 8+ hour minimum out on the water it's taken a toll on my left hand. I still use right hand reels for moving baits but definitely prefer lefty now for bottom baits
I'm glad the option exists now. It took me ages to find a right hand retrieve locally for a spinner (literally the only one in town was part of an ugly stick carbon combo) but I love it. And my messed up left wrist doesn't have to deal with the retrieve. It's my dominant hand, but I wouldn't want to make that constant ache any worse.
I find this topic funny cause I use both right and left. Right for bait caster and left for spinning. I can use them both with no issues at all. It’s a mindset. Great stuff.
I'm left hand dominant with hand strength and dexterity (writing, shooting), and right hand dominant with arm strength (throwing a ball or punch) but I chose left hand baitcaster simply because its on the same side as my spinning reels. I don't think too much into it. I just catch fish. Great video!
I have 2 lefts and 2 rights, and each one has a certain purpose. I like the left hand retrieve for my vibrating jigs, but I use a right hand retrieve for my frogs. I do have to work on casting with the right retrieve, so I don't have to switch hands, but agree, I don't think I lose any fish because of it. Keep up the good work Tyler, love the uncuts and probably one of the few that will watch the whole thing over and over lol.
I’m the opposite, if I need to walk a bait or twitch a bait I use left hand retrieve because my right hand is dominant and I can work it easier and better.
It’s a good one! But I just used it for the thumbnail, I don’t actually use it. I use the Mach 2, Mach crush, and Mach jacked. I have what I use linked in the video description 👍🏼
What I’m saying is, buying his combo supports him, buying a combo through the link in my video description supports me. Both are great products! His combos don’t come in as many actions and lengths as the ones I use though
Right handed left retriever here too. Being pretty ambidextrous with slight preference for right hand made that an easy choice to land on. Pretty amped to get my first baitcaster. Being able to jig one handed is gonna be the tits!
I use both! It only takes a couple sessions on the water to learn your non dominant way. Also its nice to learn to cast both sides especially in bank fishing scenarios when you have to cast parallel to the bank.
If you need strength in bass fishing you have other issues. The real benefit of left hand reel is having your dominant hand on the pole so you can have better PRECISION with twitch movements and retrieve styles. And science shows you have more nerve endings in your dominant hand which causes faster reaction times. Which none of which matters for your reeling... There are so many benefits to left hand retrieve and so far i have heard absolutely zero arguments for right besides salt water applications. And this is coming from someone who used right abd switched to left because im not stubborn. Now i can use both if needed but left is bar none way better.
I actually seem to fall into that same category as you. Spinning reels I have to have set up in left-handed. I have lost so many fish from the smallest to what could have been my PB with the right-handed rigs it isn't funny. But in the last month or so after purchasing and learning my first baitcaster, I have found right-handed to be more comfortable and just switching hands. I will, however, say after buying a left-handed baitcaster reel, it definitely felt more natural to me because I only used spinning reels in left-handed, but it sorta felt awkward to me at the same time. I also landed the same amount of fish with both right and left-handed baitcaster reels, unlike the spinning reels.
Grew up using spinning reels with left hand retrieve. Been using bait casters for almost a year or 2 and always been used to the left hand retrieve. Tried switching to a right hand retrieve and was not comfortable at all. Was kinda surprising but I honestly don’t mind the switching hands as I do before my lure even hits the water
I have two right-hand retreive reels. Their my trolling/constant retrieve baits. All others are left hand so I can twitch the rod with my right arm. I just feel more comfortable using my right arm for rod movements because I first learned on a spinning reel.
I am right handed. I use left hand retrieve reels when I need to hold my rod to impart action to lures. I use right hand reels on all other retrieves. This goes for both spinning and bait cast reels. I am 76 and have been doing this for as long as I can remember.
Right handed with right hand retrieve. I use the left side for spinning reels, but for some reason could not imagine switching to the left side on my baitcasters. I just switch hands mid cast.
Its definitely up to whats comfortable for the user. I fished for a year with spinning reels before I touched a baitcaster. All my spinning gear is set up for left hand retrieve. I purchased a baitcaster that was right hand retrieve and wasnt a fan, so promptly opted for a left hand retrieve. Think about what feels natural to you already, and probably stick with it. My hands are used to a lefty setup so any baits that I'm using the rod to impart action with, gave me trouble with righty setup, and I personally wasn't willing to take the time to learn how to work baits with my other hand. Thats just a matter of what I'm willing to do as opposed to anyone else - I figure if it's not broken, why try to fix it?
I use left handed on spinning and baitcasting because growing up using a spinning reel and holding the rod with my right hand and for baitcaster I cast with my right hand on the reel and hold the rod with my right hand
I have both, I’m right hand dominant and use my right hand retrieve reels for moving baits (cast and retrieve) and my left hand retrieve for my jigs/Texas rig combos. I like both cause I can always switch off if one gets tired also.
I use RH retrieval on casting reel but and left handed so it works well with my strength. I find that I switch hands using spinning reels to cast, I open bail cast with my left arm, switch back to right and LH retrieval. Maybe I should try RH retrieval spinning reel?
I find it unnatural to cast with one arm then switch real quick to the other. Im left handed on all my reels.I throw with my right and my hand is always ready to go on the handle.I find its quicy
Right hand dominant and do left hand retrieve when fishing. Never liked switching back and forth after casting. But I'm able to do both if I use someone else's set up. It's always someone's preference, there's no right or wrong tbh in my opinion. Great Vid.
Been fishing for 35+ years and got my first baitcaster a couple years ago and went with a left hand retrieve. Retrieving right handed felt too funky borrowing my friends baitcaster before I bought mine and the switching hands after every cast pushed me over the edge.
I’m right handed and retrieve left … started with left handed spinning and carried it over to bait casters … I don’t have to switch hands after the casts and my hook sets are with my stronger arm … I’m sure if I tried I could learn to switch but it does feel more natural lefty …
It's all over thinking. I'm right hand dominant and reel a spin rod with left and mostly right hand reel baitcaster. I have left hand retrieve baitcasters but it feels wrong. Although I do roll cast with a left retrieve the only time switching hands has made a difference for me is when fishing buzz baits!
I have a lews super duty 300 and I am looking to get a this pole that’s 7’4 heavy extra fast. Would that be a good set up for heavy fishing as well as punching and throwing frogs and swim baits? I’m new to this and don’t want to have to purchase another reel unless I have too.
I'm right-hand dominant. My first baitcaster was right-hand retrieve but I'm thinking of getting left-hand reels from now on, and this is my reasoning: Which hand of yours is dominant is to say which hand tends to provide better fine control. If you write and draw with your right hand, then that's probably the one that gives you better control over a pen or pencil. For the same reason, this is probably the hand you want holding the rod while casting AND while working a lure, not for the sake of casting distance but for precision and control, so there's not really a point to switching hands. Simply reeling in line does not require fine motor control so it's okay to let the non-dominant hand do that. The question of physical strength and fatigue in one arm or another is another matter and it's kind of a red herring, because the muscles in your non-dominant hand and arm get stronger with exercise just like those of your dominant hand and arm. When you're just getting started fishing, NONE of these muscles are specifically developed in either arm. You have to train them either way. This doesn't change which hand is dominant and thus which hand provides better fine control; it just means you need to train your muscles and nervous system to accommodate the action you want to do. A little practice in martial arts, particularly a school of aikido that includes practicing with a wooden sword and staff, can be pretty enlightening in this respect.
I use left handed for both spinning and bait casting. I feel more confident using my dominant hand holding the rod and using my left hand for reeling in. I think because I used a reach truck for the majority of 3 years (steer with the left, drive, raise forks, extend with the right.) I think if I had to do it the other way around I wouldn’t have been able to do it.
I started fishing little over 40 years ago and I'm right-handed. My first combo was spinning reel with left hand retrieve, reeling with left hand. Since I've always reeled with left hand, it just feels natural when i switched to baitcasters. My opinion is simple though, use what feels right and don't listen to naysayers. The right way is the way that suits you best, the wrong way is the way someone else tells you to reel.
I get both sides but as a right handed person I prefer casting with right and setting the hook with my right hand since reeling is very easy and that way I don’t have to switch my baitcaster in between hands and can reel right away
I am NOT sure my way is right. I grew up using my left-handed Dad's spinning reel and got used to reeling on the right. When I got older, I switched to reeling on the left and that felt right, so I kept that way. I started throwing a baitcaster as an adult. My first inclination was to throw it with my right and reel with my left. And even though I did that for years with a spinning rod, it felt awkward with the baitcaster, so I switched and did like you, Tyler, cast right, switch, reel left. But I will say, the efficiency, especially doing something like pitching and flipping, feels weak that way. I spoke to a rep with a lot of experience and he says that should try a baitcaster with a larger handle. He says a lot of pros have been a lot more comfortable after the switch. That makes sense, because it would be more like the spinning reel handle diameter. I may give it a try.
i'm right handed and I just can't imagine casting with my right hand, and then switching my hands. I was fishing as a kid and I used only spinning reels so it's natural for me to use left hand for reeling. And it makes sense to me. Nowadays we have modern reels, so I don't see a reason to use my dominant hand for reeling. Maybe an exception would be for some sea monsters. Other than that, it makes more sense to me, to use my dominant hand for the rod control and to handle the fish. So if it's a big pike, musky, or catfish I wanna be ready with my dominant hand to fight the fish and reel with the weaker hand..
What is your grip for casting? Even if you didn’t have to switch hand to reel you’d still need to readjust your right hand to have the correct grip for when the line is out. Is that correct?
@@TylersReelFishing Thank you. There's definitely an advantage to being able to use either hand/arm. If you hurt one, you can cast with the other. I think what got both sides to being strong enough is learning how to fly fish. Fly casting looks easy, but you're using your hand, all the way to your shoulder and your back. And fly casting is usually multiple front-and-back casts. I think I averaged 6 casts front and back to place the fly where I wanted it. Those are like reps in weight training.
I myself use both left and right hand bait caster. Reason being is I cut my pinky finger off on my left so when it comes to using a frog or Texas rigging I use my right hand to hold the rod so I can get the grip of the pole to pop it. . When it comes to cranking or swimbaits I use my left hand to hold the rod. And I feel good using both hands
I’m a 46 year old lefty and I’ve always fished right hand retrieve on spinning and baitcasting setups. Left hand always felt awkward to me and I couldn’t get it down.
As a lefty, I've always been more comfortable casting with my left, reeling with my right... my older son is the same but opposite, while my younger son is the exact same... not sure if it's "right" but that's what comes natural for us.
I like having my rod hand in front of my reel. On a spinning reel my hand is already in front of it, so I dont switch (my left hand then works the crank). When I cast a baitcaster, my hand is behind the reel. So after my cast my left hand goes in front of the reel to hold the rod, then my right hand retrieves.
As a kid I only used spinning reels the way my dad showed me...right hand rod, left hand retrieve. Last year I started fishing for the first time since I was a kid. I picked up a light spinner combo and a medium baitcaster combo. I'm self taught with the baitcaster, I can cast either right or left handed BUT right hand retrieve feels right, as does left hand retrieve on the spinner. It's all about the muscle memory. I can't cast for sh*t left handed with a spinner though.
So I have a question what is an easy method/technique to fish a popper,frog,prop fish, spiders (like the ones from lunkerhunt) bird lures,and those baits that are like a crankbait but they are topwater baits I just don't know what they're called but no matter how many videos I watch I struggle to use them properly and I have Autism all I'm asking for is easier methods/techniques to use them better so anyone or someone could make an in depth video of various ways to use these baits I would greatly appreciate it a whole lot and I do have a baitcaster reel (right handed one) and an ultra light spinning reel (also right handed as well)
I use both. I'm right handed and prefer the rod in my dominate hand while using any techniques where I work the lure with the rod, basically topwater and bottom contact. Anything that's just a cast and retrieve I go right hand. Plus my father taught me to fish and he's left handed so I learned left handed.
It depends on the technique. I tend to use left hand retrieve on my jerkbait set ups because my dominant hand can twitch more subtly. I also don't mind using left hand retrieve with buzzbaits, its easier to get the bait moving faster when I don't have to switch hands.
Started reeling with my right hand over 70 years ago. I cast with my left hand for spinning and baitcasting. Fly cast with right hand and switch hands to reel with right hand. I don't have a clue as to why.
I'm right handed and reel with my right. Iv tried reeling with my left and it just feels awkward. I can't reel it in smoothly with my left. My buddy is right handed and reels with his left.
I find it matters which way you hookset. With a right handed based retrieve the left hand palms the reel and hooks to the right which feels more natural to me. Palming a LhR with the right hand means all your leverage goes across your body to the left which feels awkward. Since I like to walk ponds clockwise like Tyler, a right hand reel is best so I can hookset at a better angle, parallel to the bank. Spinning reels aren't really for the big hooksets so it doesn't matter for me that it's a left hand retrieve.
I use both because in a long day of fishing one arm just gets tired and sore... My rods are long enough that it takes both hands to cast with control, and since i am casting with both hands, and both hands are on the reel after the cast, it is simply a matter of which hand grabs the reel handle...
The rod is a long lever, providing lots of mechanical advantage to whatever is on the line. On the other hand, heavy-lifting with the rod allows me to use more of my body to do the work. It is slightly more advantageous to me, with my equipment, to have the rod on my dominant side. The dominant arm and hand provide me the best strength and dexterity for fine or or repetitive work of the rod. The dexterity of my dominant hand does a far better job of managing the spool during a cast than does my off hand. The strength and endurance of my dominant arm is handy for doing lots of casting. The only time I find myself happy to use my dominant arm to reel is when I'm repeatedly retrieving a multi-lb lead weight from the depths with the rod braced on a rail. Having the dominant hand do the reeling makes sense to me when the rod doesn't flex much and the reel is an old low-ratio direct-drive model. Modern equipment though? Most of us aren't using bamboo or steel poles anymore, and our single-speed reels are mostly geared for retrieval speed rather than raw winching power, so it becomes advantageous to reel with the off hand, freeing up the dominant limb to provide strength to hold and lift the rod when fighting a fish. Shuffling the rod between my hands really annoys me, to the point that I've begun learning how to cast with my off hand.
The comments section has done nothing but PROVE my points haha! EVERYONE is SURE that their reasoning is right, and there's NO counter argument possible! Just use whatever you want folks, and get good at being efficient with it. Switching hands has never cost me a fish, that's why I'm sticking with it
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It all started with the button cast and night crawlers for me😂 it was always a right hand retrieve too. As I’ve grown into a bass fisherman, I see this happen too often where people wanna be cool and use a right hand retrieve just because it’s “cool” and the pros are doing it that way. I was never comfortable with right hand retrieve even as a young kid so I am now using what’s comfortable for me and it’s awesome!
It is more intuitive for a righty to reel with the left in my opinion when using lures. Casting, twitching, jigging and setting the hook requires dexterity and strength more easily done with your dominant arm. This is why spinners are oriented to the left from the factory. Right hand retrieves on baitcasters came from the old boating reels where cranking a big reel with your right to land a tuna was preferable. When they streamlined the baitcasters for inshore or freshwater they never changed the configuration. So everyone was forced to learn to use it that way. But, take it easy everybody, there is no right way only having fun and catching fish.
I'm right-handed but use left hand retrieve on baitcasters and spinning reels. My strength is in my right arm for rod control.. Great video with good input by the way
Same here.
same.
I’m another 😂
Explained this today at work and find this video after hahaha
Plus you don’t have to hand your rod from hand to hand all day
Grew up in Minnesota, spinning rods are king for panfish and walleye, right handed spinning handle on left. I got into bass fishing as an adult, first bait caster was right hand retrieve, and I just never got over the hump. It always felt so awkward controlling the rod with the “wrong” hand or the opposite hand I had been using for 25 years. So now I have 6 left retrieve casters and have sent the right hand down the road.
Maybe I’m wrong but it could be more of a regional thing too, I know other guys “up here” that were spinning rod guys from birth, have now gotten into baitcast and it has to be left hand reel like the spinning rods we grew up with.
Down south you guys are born with a bait caster in your crib 😂 and just get the feel for it right away, most often right hand retrieve.
I'm from Cali but I just moved out here to Arkansas and I just got my first baitcaster almost a year ago and it's weird trying to get used to on the right hand but as soon as I get the hang of it more I'll probably go and get a Lefty I'm hardly getting back lashes now so that's good now I just need to work on accuracy
Baseball is the reason why as a right-handed individual, I use left-handed fishing reels. Because in baseball when an individual throws a baseball with his right hand, they don't then switch their glove to the right hand to catch the ball.
Same
I grew up using left-handed spinning reels. When I started learning to use a baitcaster, I was awful with it. But i decided to try a left-handed baitcaster I have more control. Plus, the reaction I get from my dad every time he tries to use my baitcaster is humorous.
Love that you actually said its about what feels right for you. Im in that first group getting my first BC soon and i definitely know that i would prefer a left hand over a right. Thanks again Tyler!
Thanks for this! Got my first bait caster for Christmas from my dad and he got me a right hand retrieve, but I have a left hand spinning rod. You’ve convinced me to give it a shot first instead of returning it!
Excellent video. I'm 64 years old and right hand dominant. I've fished baitcasters for about 35 years. I started out using the right hand crank because that's all that was available at the time. For many years I could never manage to effectively work a bait that required more than a straight retrieve when holding the rod in my left hand and reeling with my right. I bought my first left hand crank and used it for baits that required more action and I loved it. Switching hands to reel never cost me a fish that I know of, because I had the rod switched within a second of the bait hitting the water. That said, I fished both styles for years until my older reels needed replacing. As I replaced them, i did so with left hand retrieve reels. I say the answer to this question is to use what you like best. Done deal. For my money, using the rod in your dominant hand gives the ability to better handle the rod and make the baits do what you want them to. Bottom line is use what you like best, even if it means having both styles in the boat for different baits. You said most of this in your video so I guess I'm agreeing with you. Once again. Nice video
Tyler, you’ve nailed it with this video! I started RH retrieve, moved to all LH for the past 2 years simply due to my best friend and wife preferring it. This year I’ve decided to buy some Lews RH retrieve again because I just miss it in certain scenarios. It’s what you prefer! I’ll now own a few of both and probably grab one based on what I’m fishing that day.
As a fisherman that has just started to use a baitcaster this year, I would definitely recommend to use a left hand retrieval. I wanted to buy a baitcaster for a couple years now and over the winter, I finally pulled the trigger. All the sale associates told me that since I was right handed and had never used one before, to go with a left hand retrieve. As much as I HATED using my left hand to reel in, I forced myself to purchase it, realizing that I’d rather throw with my dominant hand and NOT SWITCH over to my left. Honestly, after practicing, and now using for about two months, I’m so happy I listened to them. I got used to reeling in left handed, and I like the fact that the rod is ALWAYS in my strong hand. I won’t lie, it still feels more comfortable to reel a right hand retrieve (for fun in stores), but when I’m fishing, I’m left hand retrieve all day. Hope this helps someone else.
*For the record, no I didn’t go with a digital reel. I wanted to LEARN how to work and control one. I ended up getting the new Johnny Morris CarbonLite R&R set. Love it.
Left handed fishing, right handed everything else 🎣🙂
THIS!!!
Same here..
Same lol
"We are getting into hand sanitizer numbers." 😂 I dang near spit my drink out.
I am right-handed and use left-hand retrieve reels. You want to control the rod with your strongest arm. But use whatever feels right for you. Switching hands to control the rod seems like wasted energy..
Great video. I grew up with a right-handed reel but transitioned to a left-hand spinning reel. This spring I decided to change everything to left-hand reels, I like the thought of casting with my right and not changing over to reel. I also prefer to reach for the fish with my left hand when approaching the boat.
Great point. I think that’s why you can set the hook so quick. Its all what feels natural and it seems to be that people were only able to buy right retrieving bait casters years ago
I am right hand dominant. I reel casting, spinning and fly reels with my left hand. I'm in the camp of the rod should always be in your dominant hand for sensitivity, hook setting and controlling the fish. We aren't offshore fishing. Reeling in a musky with your off hand isn't even difficult. If you've always reeled righty, whatever who am I to say it's wrong? After discovering left handed bait casters I will never go back. I will also never own a DC reel. Completely agree dude. Awesome video.
I often fish daily for a couple months. To allow me to fish as much as I want, I switch sides and fish both right and left reeling in both spinning and Baitcasters. The action I impart is different L vs R which may influence bite with more variety. Great video thanks!
I mostly fish inshore, more often than not the fish bites the lure right when is hitting the water. Because I don’t change hands I am able to set the hook at that precise moment. I firmly believe that your dominant hand should hold the rod. But at the end of the day it all comes down to user preferences.
I loved this video Tyler and your grandpa sounds like a legend. How cool that your grandpa, dad and you are bass anglers and some day hopefully your baby boy will also be an angler.
I’m a little weird. I’m a right hander for most things but I hit a baseball and golf ball lefty. I ended up getting left hand retrieve because I wanted my right hand to tether the line. It took some getting used to but I figured it out. Tough party about it is, it’s just like shopping for golf clubs, lerty’s are few and far between! Good video Tyler!
I started out with the right hand retrieve baitcaster 30 years ago, and 25 years ago, I discovered a Diawa left hand retrieve real and never went back. For a lot of years, it was hard to find much verity to choose from (price points and plain stock availability) . The deciding factor for me was it was far easier to walk a top water with my right arm .
I'm here for the movie clips. LOL I love your sense of humor, Tyler
Great video! Left-handed here on all reels - been doing it the correct way forever. In the name of all that is sane, I don't understand why use both hands. It's a great approach as most of my buddies are righ-handed anglers so I don't have to share reels. 😅😂😅😂
I'm right-handed but every reel I have is left-handed. For me it's better and I've convinced a couple of my friends to make the switch. One doesn't like it at all. You're right though, whatever works best for the individual.
100% correct it’s all about comfort! I can only cast RH but I like both RH & LH retrieve bait casters for my jig & Texas rig set ups based on which way I’m casting up/down the bank. But I only use RH retrieve for reaction rigs of any kind. Spinning rods only LH retrieve because I can’t cast left handed.
This year was the first year that I bought a left handed baitcaster. Im 38 and Ive fished a long time but I had never even thought about it. Honestly I enjoy it equally since baitcasting is newer to me than spinning gear. Its all about enjoying fishing to me.
I am 70 and have always been a left hand reel guy the reason goes back to my father he lost his rod and reel one time many years before casting with his right hand and while changing over to reel with his right hand a big bass took his rod and reel right out of mid air as he tossed it from right hand to left hand to reel it in, lol true story! So I have never changed i alway keep the rod in the right hand it just makes sense to fish that way now.
My grandpa also taught me to fish a lhr spinner and a rhr baitcaster, but I finally got around to trying lhr baitcasters and I prefer it. Took a bit of getting used to but testing it out on a $30 reel is a good idea for anyone wanting to try something different without "wasting money."
I switched to lefty reels for bottom contact techniques this year and absolutely love it and am mad at myself I didn't until now. Handling a rod I my left hand for bottom contact after all the years and 8+ hour minimum out on the water it's taken a toll on my left hand. I still use right hand reels for moving baits but definitely prefer lefty now for bottom baits
Let’s goooo! TRF video on my day off!
Good balanced knowledge, thank you, get one of each!
I'm glad the option exists now. It took me ages to find a right hand retrieve locally for a spinner (literally the only one in town was part of an ugly stick carbon combo) but I love it. And my messed up left wrist doesn't have to deal with the retrieve. It's my dominant hand, but I wouldn't want to make that constant ache any worse.
You can switch the handle to either side on spinning reels
HAHA The pic at 1:15 is the guys that cheated and put weights in the fish at tournaments. GREAT Video Tyler!
Lol yep!
@@TylersReelFishing I was like “wait I feel like I recognize those guys”. Appreciate you Tyler. 🤜🤛
Hi, have you ever done on the boat tutorial, far as showing some one the graphs set ups and some hands on fishing 101. And how much I'd so ???
Yep! Look up my offshore playlist
I find this topic funny cause I use both right and left. Right for bait caster and left for spinning. I can use them both with no issues at all. It’s a mindset. Great stuff.
This upload schedule is awesome I wish I could post this much lol
I'm left hand dominant with hand strength and dexterity (writing, shooting), and right hand dominant with arm strength (throwing a ball or punch) but I chose left hand baitcaster simply because its on the same side as my spinning reels. I don't think too much into it. I just catch fish. Great video!
I have 2 lefts and 2 rights, and each one has a certain purpose. I like the left hand retrieve for my vibrating jigs, but I use a right hand retrieve for my frogs. I do have to work on casting with the right retrieve, so I don't have to switch hands, but agree, I don't think I lose any fish because of it. Keep up the good work Tyler, love the uncuts and probably one of the few that will watch the whole thing over and over lol.
It also comes in handy to be able to cast both ways depending on where you are on the boat.
I’m the opposite, if I need to walk a bait or twitch a bait I use left hand retrieve because my right hand is dominant and I can work it easier and better.
Is the kickintheirbasstv combo worth it?
It’s a good one! But I just used it for the thumbnail, I don’t actually use it. I use the Mach 2, Mach crush, and Mach jacked. I have what I use linked in the video description 👍🏼
So if I were to buy the bait caster of it would that be worth it or should I get something else?
What I’m saying is, buying his combo supports him, buying a combo through the link in my video description supports me. Both are great products! His combos don’t come in as many actions and lengths as the ones I use though
Ok i appreciate I am new to fishing and ur channel has helped me a lot
I have one more question though for a beginner is it good to start and learn how to use a baitcaster or just use a spinning real
Right handed left retriever here too. Being pretty ambidextrous with slight preference for right hand made that an easy choice to land on.
Pretty amped to get my first baitcaster. Being able to jig one handed is gonna be the tits!
I use both! It only takes a couple sessions on the water to learn your non dominant way. Also its nice to learn to cast both sides especially in bank fishing scenarios when you have to cast parallel to the bank.
I spent 3 whole days doing it, and did not feel comfortable to switch. So I’d say it takes more than a couple sessions 😂
If you need strength in bass fishing you have other issues. The real benefit of left hand reel is having your dominant hand on the pole so you can have better PRECISION with twitch movements and retrieve styles. And science shows you have more nerve endings in your dominant hand which causes faster reaction times. Which none of which matters for your reeling... There are so many benefits to left hand retrieve and so far i have heard absolutely zero arguments for right besides salt water applications. And this is coming from someone who used right abd switched to left because im not stubborn. Now i can use both if needed but left is bar none way better.
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I actually seem to fall into that same category as you. Spinning reels I have to have set up in left-handed. I have lost so many fish from the smallest to what could have been my PB with the right-handed rigs it isn't funny. But in the last month or so after purchasing and learning my first baitcaster, I have found right-handed to be more comfortable and just switching hands. I will, however, say after buying a left-handed baitcaster reel, it definitely felt more natural to me because I only used spinning reels in left-handed, but it sorta felt awkward to me at the same time. I also landed the same amount of fish with both right and left-handed baitcaster reels, unlike the spinning reels.
Great video man thank you and I just subscribed 💪🏾
Thanks for the sub! Glad to have you around
Grew up using spinning reels with left hand retrieve. Been using bait casters for almost a year or 2 and always been used to the left hand retrieve. Tried switching to a right hand retrieve and was not comfortable at all. Was kinda surprising but I honestly don’t mind the switching hands as I do before my lure even hits the water
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction!
I have two right-hand retreive reels. Their my trolling/constant retrieve baits. All others are left hand so I can twitch the rod with my right arm. I just feel more comfortable using my right arm for rod movements because I first learned on a spinning reel.
I am right handed. I use left hand retrieve reels when I need to hold my rod to impart action to lures.
I use right hand reels on all other retrieves. This goes for both spinning and bait cast reels.
I am 76 and have been doing this for as long as I can remember.
Whats a good lb braided line for bass fishing but also some saltwater?
Right handed with right hand retrieve. I use the left side for spinning reels, but for some reason could not imagine switching to the left side on my baitcasters. I just switch hands mid cast.
Its definitely up to whats comfortable for the user. I fished for a year with spinning reels before I touched a baitcaster. All my spinning gear is set up for left hand retrieve. I purchased a baitcaster that was right hand retrieve and wasnt a fan, so promptly opted for a left hand retrieve.
Think about what feels natural to you already, and probably stick with it. My hands are used to a lefty setup so any baits that I'm using the rod to impart action with, gave me trouble with righty setup, and I personally wasn't willing to take the time to learn how to work baits with my other hand. Thats just a matter of what I'm willing to do as opposed to anyone else - I figure if it's not broken, why try to fix it?
You’re one of the first people I’ve heard say they don’t like the DC noise! And I’ve watched a lot of fishing content
It’s mega annoying
Like learning how to play an instrument. Sometimes it just takes getting use to 😄 great advice all around Tyler, thanks! 🤙
I use left handed on spinning and baitcasting because growing up using a spinning reel and holding the rod with my right hand and for baitcaster I cast with my right hand on the reel and hold the rod with my right hand
I have both, I’m right hand dominant and use my right hand retrieve reels for moving baits (cast and retrieve) and my left hand retrieve for my jigs/Texas rig combos. I like both cause I can always switch off if one gets tired also.
I use RH retrieval on casting reel but and left handed so it works well with my strength. I find that I switch hands using spinning reels to cast, I open bail cast with my left arm, switch back to right and LH retrieval. Maybe I should try RH retrieval spinning reel?
I find it unnatural to cast with one arm then switch real quick to the other. Im left handed on all my reels.I throw with my right and my hand is always ready to go on the handle.I find its quicy
It’s funny I had ask you this same question and now your talking bout love it Ty .
Right hand dominant and do left hand retrieve when fishing. Never liked switching back and forth after casting. But I'm able to do both if I use someone else's set up. It's always someone's preference, there's no right or wrong tbh in my opinion. Great Vid.
Why would you ever cast then hand the entire setup into your other hand to start reeling.
Yep, doesn't make sense to me either
I would say why not?
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Been fishing for 35+ years and got my first baitcaster a couple years ago and went with a left hand retrieve. Retrieving right handed felt too funky borrowing my friends baitcaster before I bought mine and the switching hands after every cast pushed me over the edge.
If I use my left hand for both thumbing and reeling would the reel get in the way of my hand/thumb/cast?
I’m right handed and retrieve left … started with left handed spinning and carried it over to bait casters … I don’t have to switch hands after the casts and my hook sets are with my stronger arm … I’m sure if I tried I could learn to switch but it does feel more natural lefty …
It's all over thinking. I'm right hand dominant and reel a spin rod with left and mostly right hand reel baitcaster. I have left hand retrieve baitcasters but it feels wrong. Although I do roll cast with a left retrieve the only time switching hands has made a difference for me is when fishing buzz baits!
I don’t know if I should keep it to the let with the baitcaster or change it up
I normally fish with a left hand retrieve but I’ve been wanting to get a bait caster
I have a lews super duty 300 and I am looking to get a this pole that’s 7’4 heavy extra fast. Would that be a good set up for heavy fishing as well as punching and throwing frogs and swim baits? I’m new to this and don’t want to have to purchase another reel unless I have too.
I'm right-hand dominant. My first baitcaster was right-hand retrieve but I'm thinking of getting left-hand reels from now on, and this is my reasoning:
Which hand of yours is dominant is to say which hand tends to provide better fine control. If you write and draw with your right hand, then that's probably the one that gives you better control over a pen or pencil. For the same reason, this is probably the hand you want holding the rod while casting AND while working a lure, not for the sake of casting distance but for precision and control, so there's not really a point to switching hands. Simply reeling in line does not require fine motor control so it's okay to let the non-dominant hand do that.
The question of physical strength and fatigue in one arm or another is another matter and it's kind of a red herring, because the muscles in your non-dominant hand and arm get stronger with exercise just like those of your dominant hand and arm. When you're just getting started fishing, NONE of these muscles are specifically developed in either arm. You have to train them either way. This doesn't change which hand is dominant and thus which hand provides better fine control; it just means you need to train your muscles and nervous system to accommodate the action you want to do.
A little practice in martial arts, particularly a school of aikido that includes practicing with a wooden sword and staff, can be pretty enlightening in this respect.
I use left handed for both spinning and bait casting. I feel more confident using my dominant hand holding the rod and using my left hand for reeling in. I think because I used a reach truck for the majority of 3 years (steer with the left, drive, raise forks, extend with the right.) I think if I had to do it the other way around I wouldn’t have been able to do it.
1:24 I’m just a guy who only has 1 bait caster but set it up left side because that’s how my spinning reel works and how I was taught….
As a guitar player, left hand doing the finesse feels natural. Boy does it make finding deals on reels hard though...
I started fishing little over 40 years ago and I'm right-handed. My first combo was spinning reel with left hand retrieve, reeling with left hand. Since I've always reeled with left hand, it just feels natural when i switched to baitcasters.
My opinion is simple though, use what feels right and don't listen to naysayers. The right way is the way that suits you best, the wrong way is the way someone else tells you to reel.
I get both sides but as a right handed person I prefer casting with right and setting the hook with my right hand since reeling is very easy and that way I don’t have to switch my baitcaster in between hands and can reel right away
I am NOT sure my way is right. I grew up using my left-handed Dad's spinning reel and got used to reeling on the right. When I got older, I switched to reeling on the left and that felt right, so I kept that way.
I started throwing a baitcaster as an adult. My first inclination was to throw it with my right and reel with my left. And even though I did that for years with a spinning rod, it felt awkward with the baitcaster, so I switched and did like you, Tyler, cast right, switch, reel left. But I will say, the efficiency, especially doing something like pitching and flipping, feels weak that way.
I spoke to a rep with a lot of experience and he says that should try a baitcaster with a larger handle. He says a lot of pros have been a lot more comfortable after the switch. That makes sense, because it would be more like the spinning reel handle diameter. I may give it a try.
i'm right handed and I just can't imagine casting with my right hand, and then switching my hands.
I was fishing as a kid and I used only spinning reels so it's natural for me to use left hand for reeling.
And it makes sense to me. Nowadays we have modern reels, so I don't see a reason to use my dominant hand for reeling.
Maybe an exception would be for some sea monsters.
Other than that, it makes more sense to me, to use my dominant hand for the rod control and to handle the fish.
So if it's a big pike, musky, or catfish I wanna be ready with my dominant hand to fight the fish and reel with the weaker hand..
I’ve thought about switching to LH reel for frogging. It’s tiring!
What is your grip for casting? Even if you didn’t have to switch hand to reel you’d still need to readjust your right hand to have the correct grip for when the line is out. Is that correct?
Hmm, I guess so. I’d have to film my cast to see, but I do know that I adjust my grip
All the time
I normally like my casting reel to be right hand and spinning reel on the left don’t know why but it works for me
I was 11 years old and we had baitcasters and spinning reels. I got to learn to cast with either hand. I can fly fish with either hand, as well.
You are one of the rare few!
@@TylersReelFishing Thank you. There's definitely an advantage to being able to use either hand/arm. If you hurt one, you can cast with the other. I think what got both sides to being strong enough is learning how to fly fish. Fly casting looks easy, but you're using your hand, all the way to your shoulder and your back. And fly casting is usually multiple front-and-back casts. I think I averaged 6 casts front and back to place the fly where I wanted it. Those are like reps in weight training.
Love the videos.
I myself use both left and right hand bait caster. Reason being is I cut my pinky finger off on my left so when it comes to using a frog or Texas rigging I use my right hand to hold the rod so I can get the grip of the pole to pop it. . When it comes to cranking or swimbaits I use my left hand to hold the rod. And I feel good using both hands
Im left handed but im ambidextrous l
I’m a 46 year old lefty and I’ve always fished right hand retrieve on spinning and baitcasting setups. Left hand always felt awkward to me and I couldn’t get it down.
As a lefty, I've always been more comfortable casting with my left, reeling with my right... my older son is the same but opposite, while my younger son is the exact same... not sure if it's "right" but that's what comes natural for us.
I like having my rod hand in front of my reel. On a spinning reel my hand is already in front of it, so I dont switch (my left hand then works the crank). When I cast a baitcaster, my hand is behind the reel. So after my cast my left hand goes in front of the reel to hold the rod, then my right hand retrieves.
As a kid I only used spinning reels the way my dad showed me...right hand rod, left hand retrieve. Last year I started fishing for the first time since I was a kid. I picked up a light spinner combo and a medium baitcaster combo. I'm self taught with the baitcaster, I can cast either right or left handed BUT right hand retrieve feels right, as does left hand retrieve on the spinner. It's all about the muscle memory. I can't cast for sh*t left handed with a spinner though.
I'm right handed but my spinning and baitcaster reels are both left. I do use a right handed reel on my deep water setup though.
Cast with right arm, continue holding rod with right arm and use left hand to retrieve. No switching required 👍
Great video
So I have a question what is an easy method/technique to fish a popper,frog,prop fish, spiders (like the ones from lunkerhunt) bird lures,and those baits that are like a crankbait but they are topwater baits I just don't know what they're called but no matter how many videos I watch I struggle to use them properly and I have Autism all I'm asking for is easier methods/techniques to use them better so anyone or someone could make an in depth video of various ways to use these baits I would greatly appreciate it a whole lot and I do have a baitcaster reel (right handed one) and an ultra light spinning reel (also right handed as well)
I'm also left spinning reel and right baitcaster. It's just what was available at the moment.
I use both. I'm right handed and prefer the rod in my dominate hand while using any techniques where I work the lure with the rod, basically topwater and bottom contact. Anything that's just a cast and retrieve I go right hand. Plus my father taught me to fish and he's left handed so I learned left handed.
It depends on the technique. I tend to use left hand retrieve on my jerkbait set ups because my dominant hand can twitch more subtly. I also don't mind using left hand retrieve with buzzbaits, its easier to get the bait moving faster when I don't have to switch hands.
Started reeling with my right hand over 70 years ago. I cast with my left hand for spinning and baitcasting. Fly cast with right hand and switch hands to reel with right hand. I don't have a clue as to why.
I'm right handed and reel with my right. Iv tried reeling with my left and it just feels awkward. I can't reel it in smoothly with my left. My buddy is right handed and reels with his left.
Power with the right arm and more precision with the left hand!
I find it matters which way you hookset. With a right handed based retrieve the left hand palms the reel and hooks to the right which feels more natural to me. Palming a LhR with the right hand means all your leverage goes across your body to the left which feels awkward. Since I like to walk ponds clockwise like Tyler, a right hand reel is best so I can hookset at a better angle, parallel to the bank.
Spinning reels aren't really for the big hooksets so it doesn't matter for me that it's a left hand retrieve.
I use both because in a long day of fishing one arm just gets tired and sore... My rods are long enough that it takes both hands to cast with control, and since i am casting with both hands, and both hands are on the reel after the cast, it is simply a matter of which hand grabs the reel handle...
The rod is a long lever, providing lots of mechanical advantage to whatever is on the line. On the other hand, heavy-lifting with the rod allows me to use more of my body to do the work. It is slightly more advantageous to me, with my equipment, to have the rod on my dominant side.
The dominant arm and hand provide me the best strength and dexterity for fine or or repetitive work of the rod.
The dexterity of my dominant hand does a far better job of managing the spool during a cast than does my off hand.
The strength and endurance of my dominant arm is handy for doing lots of casting.
The only time I find myself happy to use my dominant arm to reel is when I'm repeatedly retrieving a multi-lb lead weight from the depths with the rod braced on a rail.
Having the dominant hand do the reeling makes sense to me when the rod doesn't flex much and the reel is an old low-ratio direct-drive model. Modern equipment though? Most of us aren't using bamboo or steel poles anymore, and our single-speed reels are mostly geared for retrieval speed rather than raw winching power, so it becomes advantageous to reel with the off hand, freeing up the dominant limb to provide strength to hold and lift the rod when fighting a fish.
Shuffling the rod between my hands really annoys me, to the point that I've begun learning how to cast with my off hand.
Get the left and flip the rod upside down
Lol
I'm a lefty and like right retrieve because i like keeping the rod in my dominant hand