Baitcast reels

[SHAKA]

HI JOSHUA, IT'S A STRANGE THING ABOUT BAITCASTERS. IF YOU ARE RIGHT HANDED YOU TEND TO CAST WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND "THUMBING" THE SPOOL AND THEN SWITCH HANDS TO RETRIEVE OR CRANK THE REEL. WHERE ON A SPINNING REEL YOU CAST WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND AND RETRIEVE (CRANK) WITH YOUR LEFT HAND. NOW THEY DO MAKE LEFT HANDED BAITCASTERS MEANING THAT THE HANDLE IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE REEL. AS YOU INCREASE YOUR SKILL LEVEL WITH A BAITCASTER YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER SWITCHING TO A LEFT HANDED REEL. IN THE INSTANCE OF SAY "FLIPPING" OR "PITCHING" A LURE WHERE CASTING WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BEING ABLE TO INSTANTLY ENGAGE YOUR REEL WITH YOUR LEFT HAND WITH OUT HAVING TO SWITCH HANDS. I HAVE TRIED A LEFT HANDED REEL ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS AND ALTHOUGH IT MAKES SENSE TO BE ABLE TO INSTANTLY ENGAGE THE REEL WITHOUT HAVING TO SHIFT THE ROD FROM ONE HAND TO THE OTHER ITS KINDA ACKWARD TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. HOPE THIS HELPS. OH AND ALSO IN REGARDS TO YOUR CASTING PLUG I WOULD USE THE SAME WEIGHT THAT YOU INTEND TO USE THE ROD FOR. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU WANT TO THROW JIGS WITH IT. THEN THROW A CASTING PLUG CLOSE TO THE SAME WEIGHT, THIS WAY YOU GET THE SAME FEEL AND DEVELOP HAND EYE COORDINATION TO A POINT WHERE IT BECOMES NATURAL LIKE SECOND NATURE.<br><br>