Today's Jokes - 2024

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woodchucker said:
NOT... that's a lefty, on someone else's rod/reel. I have the same problem, I have to flip it up to work, or take the handle off and flip it over to the other side if it is ambidextrous... not all are. :fireman:
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The only spinning reels of the twenty or so that I own that are not reversible are two Shakespeare reals from the 1060's. I am a lefty and my reals are set up with the crank on the right when held properly. This is so I can cast with my left hand and instantly begin reeling without having to switch hands. Curiously, bait cast reels are almost always set up with the crank on the right and don't seem to be a problem for right handers..
 
Yes most are. But when borrowing a rod, you don't always mess with someone else's reel setup . My son and I would share sometimes, he's a righty and I am a lefty.
 
woodchucker said:
Yes most are. But when borrowing a rod, you don't always mess with someone else's reel setup . My son and I would share sometimes, he's a righty and I am a lefty.
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Whenever I lend a rod, I always offer to switch the crank side. When I was growing up we played a lot of softball during recess and lunch hour. We wer poor and couldn't afford a decent glove so I would borrow the a right handed glove and on catching a ball, flip it to my right hand toss the glove off, flip the ball to my left hand, and throw it. Not ideal but it worked for me. A righty using a left handed spinning real can cast with their right hand, switch the rod to their left hand and reel, much like they would do with a bait casting reel.
 
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