"Mike Makela" ten.tsacmoc@alekamm wrote in message
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"jimbo" wrote in message
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Very Interested in this topic. but using the lob from the opposite
shoulder quite successfully, but it has severe limitations.

..... When drift boat fishing, I don't need to
worry about casting cross-body to avoid snagging the guide, I really
don't care whether the "best" water is on the right or left, and when
wading, I can avoid a lot of backcast problems by simply using the
riverside arm to keep the majority of the cast over water.

So how bout the reel? Not easy to switch mid-stream so just have to get
use to using the reel "backwards"??

Do you find yourself getting a higher % setting the hook? I tend to over
react when setting the hook, something from the Steelhead days I think,
but I pulled quite a few flies out of the mouthes of fish at Penn's this
weekend.

Jim Ray


Mike:

I don't think I see a huge difference. The last time I was trout fishing, I
went through a period where I couldn't seem to hook anything because I was
being a bit tentative. Once I recognized the problem, the hook-up rate
improved dramatically. Sometimes I am a bit quick right-handed, and so I
probably do hook-up more often left-handed on Cutts, but probably less on
'Bows. I have gotten to the point though, that I really don't think about
which hand the rod is in any more. I often find myself fishing left-handed
long after there is reason to do so. When I have a fish on the reel though,
I do need to switch hands - flipping the reel to the top of the rod and
reeling backwards just doesn't seem effective!

Jim