Right Hand - Left Hand; Reel Configuration

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Originally Posted by Mahigeer

I am right handed who also uses lefty conventional reels. It was a pure luck that my first Abu Garcia conventional was a lefty. Never went back to righty.


If I had a nickel for every time that I discussed this issue with other anglers, I would be a slightly richer person.

It is a matter of personal preference. All the old timers use righty, because there were not too many if any lefties around. I have a Penn squider which is a lefty!

The old timers showed others to use righty. Thus, it is more common.

However, as manufacturers like Avet (which the two brothers who own the Co. are left handed) make more left handed conventional reels, I am sure more people will like them.

For now we can get a better price for used lefty reels, due its "unpopularity".

When searching for used reels, the term lefty......weeds out a lot o"Junk"