I have one I inherited when my dad died. He was right handed but this is a
lefty spinning reel. Not only does the crank mount on either side, the bail
spins the opposite direction of every other spinning reel I've seen,
clockwise. When I got it the spool was empty so I took it over to Ray's and
had them put some line on it and when I tried to use it the line was on
backwards. It's a true lefty spinning reel by design. It's an Abu Cardinal
and it's in killer shape, I don't know if it was ever really used but I
can't fish with it. The bail thing drives me nuts, I don't know how you
lefty's do it.

Rich P


"RichZ" wrote in message
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Bob wrote:
The old & renouned Zebco/Abu Cardinal series spinning reels all had rear
drags, and theirs was as good as any I ever saw.


I never could figure out what all the fuss was about those reels. They
didn't feel particularly smooth to me. but then again, they didn't have a
reversible handle and were not available with the crank on the right side,
so I couldn't use one anyway.