i switch cause of fly fishing as i am right handed and you would cast of with right and reel on your left hand, you cant just switch just to strip. so i changed all my reels to left hand reel got use in 2 weeks.

i think its better as you dont want to keep casting and reeling with the same hand if you fly or even lure fishing.

I can use both, but funnily enough once you do switch you feel like an absolute spastic going back to right hand wind. I suppose I got used to it fishing bream and flat head comps back east where you do a tonne of acurate casting and not having to swap hands was easier and quicker.
What I find funny is that a mate fishes lefty only on spin and overhead, and I cannot get used to left hand wind overheads and I think it is more because you have to balance the rod as well on an overhead.

that is exactly right

once you've made the switch to the left hand wind , it will just become so easy. you'll wonder what you were playing at.

if you're right handed , then your power arm (right) will be using the rod to fight the fish. your weaker hand just retreaves line as oppose to using your reel like a boat winch. 

i'm in the market for a left hand overhead now

I use both. For light fishing, I tend to use my right hand simply because it is more comfortable & suits my casting technique. For jigging, I have a left & right hand combo - spread the pain evenly across both arms.

Hrmm possibly I might try the switch, altho I do have a dodgey right shoulder which could be a good reason not to... The thought of winding with my left hand just makes me feel unco... but I'll give it a go sometime!

they used to beat lefthandedness out of people as it was the instrument of the devil.

Food for thought.....

Im left handed.....but I wind with right hand coz I rather hold the rod and fight the fish with the strongest arm. I can cast with either but again prefer left as I can push harder with my left arm.

I'm a left hander so it's natural to hold the rod in the left and wind right but a few mates I know who swapped found it easy and haven't looked back. They still use right hand overheads though.

I'm right handed, I've tried fishing left handed and its fine spin but you just can't get the oveheads.

Occasionally when lure casting, I just swap to casting as if I was left handed to save swapping which hand the reel is in.

yeah. it makes sense to pump the fish with your master arm and reel with the non-master arm. makes life slightly easier. i havent caught many a big fish in my lifetime and i know i've got much to learn but after that huge mulla that i pulled up a couple of days back, LH wind is the way to go.

Have done since I was a boy. Hard to change back now.

Only draw back is the choice of reels for overheads is very limited.

As has been said earlier, my strong arm fights the fish while the weak arm simply retrieves the line.

is not a problem I have, both guns are equally ripped. I suggest a few of you girly men find a gym or a weights set.

Never really found that the issue so much as fine motor control.

Do most things right handed except when using an axe,shovel or fishing rod which I swing or cast over the left shoulder but still wind with my right.
Makes it handy when fishing on a small area as you don;t have to step to one side to cast though pity help a drop in who stands to my left side!!
Son Jeff[deepwater] can do both sides and wind either hand,he gets some odd looks when on a lure casting session he sometimes turns the eggbeater upside down and winds the handle backwards with his left hand giving the right one a rest

I am Right handed so the rod stays in the right hand no swapping or fumbling around. I belive lifting and winding is the way to do it so the right arm my strong arm is where the rod stays and the dumb hand winds the reel. When casting lures in the snags for barra or Mangrove Jacks quick response is vital no time to swap hands.

I find it hard to see why the major manufacturers do not see this as normal and cater for only left handed people? whats up with that I dont know.

Cambells protackle have a great section on there web site to cater for us orthodox fishers.. 

Is there really THAT much of a difference in the "strength" of your arms?! I would think you'd have to do more than just write with your right hand or pick your nose, to make that arm stronger. I would think that my left arm was just as strong to pump a rod as my right arm, and my right hand would be far more coordinated to wind a reel.

There is still the fact that I have to switch hands after casting tho... but that's not a real issue with most types of fishing that I would do, especially not boat fishing.

say no to left hand wind - right is right.

the fact that you have to switch hands after casting is reason enough alone.

honestly , anyone , give it a go for a week.

you won't go back to gimp style. i guarantee it.

and as for not being able to control your left hand to wind in a circle?

please!

how many fish have you lost switching hands after a cast previously before allegedly "seeing the light"?

I'm yet to ever see it happen. Certainly nothing to warrant swapping to an inferior style with fewer reel choices.

go throw a tennis ball at a stubbie 30m away with your left hand.

see how good your accuracy is mate.

same analogy when casting into real tight spots for fish.......

your co-ordination works best with your natural arm.

learnt throwing lures at trout and if you didn't hit the exact spot and work the lure the instant it hit the water.....well ther goes your trout or bream or .......

a legacy of 15 years playing baseball and cricket - but thats not what we are on about is it?

And IMO working a lure the instant it hits the water for trout is a bad technique. You should be throwing flies anyway heathen.......

I still contend that the theory of "missing fish" when switching hands is a fallacy. You manually flip the bail and change hands seamlessly anyway, makes not a squat of difference as you still need to flip the bail by hand (left) before winding the handle in any case.

enjoyed the look on their face anyways you only chase hatchery fish......

persoanlly its easier to work the lure, hold the rod (cause i only catch big fish) and cast accurately with my right and wind left, being a right hand man.

being such it is annoying having to swap hands when using baitcasters and the like because most are geared for right hand wind, hence my preference for spin reals.

whatever floats your boat but to me rod action is more important than winding

biggest thing for me is that you want your rod in you power arm.

thats what fights the fish.

you wouldn't enter an arm wrestling comp using your weaker arm would ya??

(disregard if you're ambi) 

I actually like to keep the rod in my left arm, yeah i switch after casts but it takes all of half a second anyway. Anytime nicson lets me use his reels, when hes not looking i switch them all to right handed, and put it back in the rod holder.. one day it will just be easier for him to be a right handed.

If Rangas can dye their hair, lefties can learn to use right :)

P.s I catch that many big fish on my non power arm its become my power arm ;) theres a thought 

i am right handed but my left arm is stronger for some reason so its my left arm that holds the rod and right that winds, i have tried winding lefty style but it just dont see natural. and also got to agree with what the masked man says

Ohhh so the numbers are split... maybe a left vs right fishing comp? lol

I reel right handed but don't have any issues casting left or right, there going to be situations when you need to cast on your opposite side, so most of you probably do it with out giving it a 2nd thought.

Cheers
Dale

I would give my left hand to be ambidexterious

was in today swapping handles over, was sooooooooo funny but convinced its right hand or no hand, the old expression got put out there............left handed cripples lol