If your right handed, should you buy a left handed or right handed baitcaster?
>>2879581the boomer way is to reel with your dominant/writing hand. they just started doing it and it became the norm. the proper, original jap way is to work the rod with your dominant hand and reel with your non-dominant hand. that's why most young people do it this way, unless they learned baitcasting from an early age from boomer dad/uncle/gramps. for a while, we had it good because the boomer logic made left handed reels heavily discounted, albeit harder to find... but now half of the people have switched over so it's no longer the case.
also, why would I want to switch the rod over to the other hand everytime I cast? the whole point of a baitcaster is that you can control the rate it hits the water, and start retrieving immediately if it's already in the right hand. not to mention, the boomers who use right handed reels often reel with the left hand when using a spinning rod anyways. they just choose to copy Boomer McBassmaster because he gets paid to fish on television.
>>2879582>original jap waythe japs didnt invent baitcasters though
>>2879581It literally does not matter at allt. someone with like 6 of each that I use interchangeably
>>2879589never said they did. they essentially shaped the modern low-profile baticaster though via the original shimano collab. and the rest was history.
>>2879581right handed using a right side reel baitcaster is the absolute worst feeling. swapping hands after casting is retarded.
>>2879581Im left handing spinning so it would be left handing bait caster. Idk why you would keep switching hands when you hold the rod with your dominant hand.
>>2879581>Old school: cast righthanded, switch hands, reel >righthandedNew school: cast righthanded, reel lefthandedBoth are legit, do what feels best
>>2879581Just go to a store and fuck with reels that retrieve on either side until you figure out what feels best.Me personally, I get the point about feeling with your left hand so you can start your retrieve quickly, but it just doesn’t feel right, and I’m fast enough with switching hands that I’m almost always ready to reel by the time I need to start.It’s really not hard, and there aren’t that many cases where you even need to start your retrieve as soon as your lure hits the water. Come to think of it, I think the only lure I do that with is a buzz bait.Everything else I either let it sink some or let it sit where it landed briefly if it floats.
>>2879581Litteraly just whatever you feel comfortable with. I hold the pole with my right and reel with my left. When I get a bait caster it will be a left side reel
>>2879941>New school: cast righthanded, reel lefthandedI do this other than salmon fishing where I want my dominant hand to be able to crank like a mad cunt when they run at you with barbless hooks.
>>2879961>Do what feels bestThis. I will also add don't be afraid to switch up and do whatever feels better for different techniques
