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Trampster said:
Me too! Have always done it that way, and I am Left-handed for most things!
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From my point of view a right handed person should always wind with his left hand. It is common sense you catch a decent sized fish and play it with your strong arm not your weak, you wind with that side. On top of that when you are spinning you cast with your right side and don't change hands to start winding ;) I have had loads of "debates" with people saying that I am cack handed when they see me winding with my left hand and my reply is always the same "why would you change the hand you hold your rod in after casting and , on catching a fish, play it off your weaker arm?" and yet so many of them do not see the logic:unsure:
 
Craig said:
I have fished fresh water since I was 5-6 years old so was brought up using fixed spool reels, so when I decided to try sea fishing I naturally bought fixed spools to use.
I saw a mate and his dad fishing not long after I started as a fishing and they let me have a try with a multi, didn't like it or dislike it and they, along with a few others convinced me I'd get better distance with a multi and that they were far superior to a fixed spool, so I went and bought and akios 656 CTM. Was a good reel, I really enjoyed casting with it and never really had any problems using it. The only things I didn't like was the time it took to reel in and it just felt abit strange holding the rod and reeling compared to a fixed spool. I percivered for a year with that and a tronix multi (what a load of crap that was) but ended up going back to my trusty fixed spools again as I just found them nicer to use and I could spend less time reeling in.
Both multis were then used for abit of boat fishing til the reel foot literally fell off the tronix, honestly think that was the worst reel I've ever owned! And I sold the akios to a mate who now uses it for most of his boat fishing.
I've since bought a lhw multi for drifting but again it feels so awkward that I've given that away and gone back to my fixed spools.
I admire those that love their multis and wish I had the same passion as I really appreciate the engineering in them and did enjoy casting with them, I just can't see how they benefit me over a fixed spool so I think I'm going to be sticking to fixed spools from now on.
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The first rod and reel I used in the sea was my woolworths green glass spinning rod and whatever wee spinning reel came with it, might have been a wee Intrepid.
 
Thrasher said:
The first rod and reel I used in the sea was my woolworths green glass spinning rod and whatever wee spinning reel came with it, might have been a wee Intrepid.
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Exactly the same rod for me too...weighed a tonne and stiff as a board. Was kind of two piece...a brass ferrule could be unscrewed and the handle, cork of course, would come off.But still caught loads on it...all freshwater in those days mind.
The reel was my dad's old Mitchell...no idea what model.
 
jambop said:
From my point of view a right handed person should always wind with his left hand. It is common sense you catch a decent sized fish and play it with your strong arm not your weak, you wind with that side. On top of that when you are spinning you cast with your right side and don't change hands to start winding ;) I have had loads of "debates" with people saying that I am cack handed when they see me winding with my left hand and my reply is always the same "why would you change the hand you hold your rod in after casting and , on catching a fish, play it off your weaker arm?" and yet so many of them do not see the logic:unsure:
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Exactly my view too....
 
Thrasher said:
The first rod and reel I used in the sea was my woolworths green glass spinning rod and whatever wee spinning reel came with it, might have been a wee Intrepid.
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Didn't Woolworths have their own branded 'Winfield' fishing tackle? I'm sure I had a 'Winfield' spinning reel in a batch of old tackle I bought years ago!
 
Neilos said:
Exactly my view too....
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A lot of us Left-handers tend to be a bit ambidextrous! I write with my left hand but often use my right for tasks requiring a bit of strength - shifting stubborn screws etc. So when fishing (only use F/S), I cast over my Left shoulder (OHT), grip the rod with Left hand near the reel and Right hand on the butt, and then the butt falls naturally to my Right side while I reel with the Left! Hope that makes sense! There is really no right or wrong, it's just the way we have all become accustomed to doing things! ??
 
Trampster said:
Didn't Woolworths have their own branded 'Winfield' fishing tackle? I'm sure I had a 'Winfield' spinning reel in a batch of old tackle I bought years ago!
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Yep...used to buy most of my course fishing gear from them ...remember hooks to nylon? Pre tied....before I learnt the blood knot.
 
Neilos said:
Yep...used to buy most of my course fishing gear from them ...remember hooks to nylon? Pre tied....before I learnt the blood knot.
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I went Carp fishing once as my mate had his Stag do weekend at a Carp fishery - good Craic but I was there for the laughs and the beer more than the fishing. He was a brilliant mate, Chef, and fisherman, especially Carp, and worked in a West London tackle shop for a while - unfortunately he passed away a few years ago, RIP Jim. .Other than that, I only sea fish, mainly for the chance of something for the pan.
 
Trampster said:
I went Carp fishing once as my mate had his Stag do weekend at a Carp fishery - good Craic but I was there for the laughs and the beer more than the fishing. He was a brilliant mate, Chef, and fisherman, especially Carp, and worked in a West London tackle shop for a while - unfortunately he passed away a few years ago, RIP Jim. .Other than that, I only sea fish, mainly for the chance of something for the pan.
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Totally lost interest in course fishing now....went till I was about 14...long time ago now.
 
I've got one that looks very similar - it used to be my father's. Can't remember the make of it now but it's like an unstoppable winch, about 4.5" diameter. It must have hauled in 1000's of Mackerel in my younger days!
 

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