One hell of a fishing day - we quit after these and a couple of chickens even though we could have taken 25 apiece on our subsistence licenses.
Sweet. My Abu bait reel and all my reels are also left hand crank tho I'm right handed I've always cranked from the left.New toy View attachment 5319228View attachment 5319229
Little bday present for myself from myself lol
...I'm good at picking presents for myself
Nice haul!Sweet. My Abu bait reel and all my reels are also left hand crank tho I'm right handed I've always cranked from the left.
I picked up this Abu trolling reel, Made in 2018, model 6500LC, right hand crank at a garage sale a couple months ago attached to a crappy 6' rod for $10 and after a good cleaning found it was in nearly perfect new condition inside and out. Got the Garmin for another $10 the same day at another garage sale. Good day!
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My b-day is in a couple months and I already bought myself a new fly rod in pieces I hope to have built in a week or so. First time making my own cork grip and haven't built a fly rod in almost 40 years. Almost $400Can with $50 shipping and 50 for a small wrapping support system. 10', 2-piece 5wt PacBay Tradition II rod blank.
In my opinion you are doing it right. If you are a righty you should use your right hand to control the rod.Sweet. My Abu bait reel and all my reels are also left hand crank tho I'm right handed I've always cranked from the left.
I picked up this Abu trolling reel, Made in 2018, model 6500LC, right hand crank at a garage sale a couple months ago attached to a crappy 6' rod for $10 and after a good cleaning found it was in nearly perfect new condition inside and out. Got the Garmin for another $10 the same day at another garage sale. Good day!
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My b-day is in a couple months and I already bought myself a new fly rod in pieces I hope to have built in a week or so. First time making my own cork grip and haven't built a fly rod in almost 40 years. Almost $400Can with $50 shipping and 50 for a small wrapping support system. 10', 2-piece 5wt PacBay Tradition II rod blank.
Exactly my thoughts on that. If you're right-handed you are going to cast with the right hand then switch to crank right? Never made any sense to me but the way most rightys do it and the vast majority of reels are right hand crank as well. Hard to find a left-handed reel. My baitcaster is an Abu 5001C I bought new in 1986. Looks like it's been beaten up and left for dead but I've added all the upgrades so it works better now than when it was new. It has landed tons of salmon and steelhead in it's life and now I'm in pike and walleye territory so it's getting me lots of those now. I use a spinning rod and my 8wt Powell fly rod a lot too. Building the fly rod for the small trout lake 20 min down the road and may head down there tonight with the POS rod I got recently after busting the top off my old graphite 4/5wt.In my opinion you are doing it right. If you are a righty you should use your right hand to control the rod.
I'm a lefty and use right hand crank reels. I want my dominant hand controlling the fish. Not cranking the reel.
Wow congrats dude! I remember some troubles in the past so glad everything worked out for you and your fam. Much loveSo I know it's not a fish but he is for sure going to be a fisherman.
Meet Logan!
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For sure my little mini me.
Congrats! I'm glad I'm not doing that anymore. I could be a great grandfather soon enough as my oldest grandson is 18 now. Autistic so I don't know how well he does with the girls but his 17 yo brother seems to always have a so there could be one in the oven somewhere already.So I know it's not a fish but he is for sure going to be a fisherman.
Meet Logan!
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LOL I read that as right handed and cranky!I'm right handed and crank lefty. Skate and snowboard goofy too
You're not wrong...LOL I read that as right handed and cranky!
OMG you need to tell my husband that!You're not wrong...
LmaoOMG you need to tell my husband that!
Lol. Who Pamela Handerson?i am right handed but kicked left footed(punter)
also i cast with my right hand then switch the pole to my left hand and crank right handed
i shoot right handed and right eye domanate
can use either hand as a girl friend...lol
I have run it. I cannot say I'm sold on it actually being the same pound test as a larger diameter line.Anyone using the power pro maxcurato?? I'd like to spool my lexa with 80# but I don't think I'll get 150yrd of 80# regular power pro. The maxcurato claims it's 'one size smaller' so 65# diameter for 80#. Wondering if anyone runs it and if there's any noticeable difference between that and reg power pro strength wise.