Left hand wind baitcasters

[Aaron H]

Well I am thinking of going to the darkside of birds nests and contemplating a baitcaster.

Having grown up watching Rexy i have always fished with my strongest (right) hand on the rod. Do they make a bait caster that is left hand wind? If so are they readily available in the middle price range reels?

[namyau]

they sure do make left handed baitcasters not that many available in aus - i just got an okuma vs200lxa from my gf its a lefty and jerly is selling new 08model alphas lefty as well. i havent had much use from mine yet but its pretty good, it is a bit weird at first as i have used right handed bc before and it is weird but im getting used to it.

as for options i found ebay usa or one of the online jap tackle stores to have them in stock and there a quite a few mid range ones available. good thing about getting them off ebay is they are cheaper then if they were to sell here or the equivilant rh model here, bad thing is it can take up to 1week or so to arrive here and no warranty but yeah do you really need that, but its all up to you

see link for daiwa alphas 150hl being sold on here

/>http://www.australianfishing.com.au/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=237&func=view&id=131582&catid=13

[Dan23]

Seriously buy that Alphas you won't be disappointed. LHW is way better for right handers if you can get use to it trust me.

[adri4n]

I totally agree with dan on the left hand wind baitcasters. I'm right handed and I love them.. I suppose it boils down to your price range as well as if you want a low profile baitcaster or a round one. I know I've mentioned this too many times on this forum, but motackle have a round trion baitcast for cheap I think its 39 or 49 dollars. If you're just out for something just to play around with thats pretty good gear and its ok for live-baitfishing, not really for lures and the like.

[Feral]

Yep, I've got a few.

My Gun one is a shimano scorpion (Japanese version of the curado).

Very forgiving.

[Feral]

Mate bait casters are also the bees knees for bass bait fishing, press the button and down she goes! None of this fiddling with bail arms!

[Englander]

just got a Abu garcia, Revo left handed retrieve from Jones tackle, most decent makes do left hands, Ive also got shimano & diawas etc.

Cheers

Peter

[Feral]

The Revo's look really good on paper, I nearly bought one a few months ago. Let us know what you think of it!

[Dan23]

some terrible quality issues being reported about the revos now on some US sites. Seems that have a short life span.

[Englander]

Used the Revo a few times now, no prob's, as I said got it from Jones tackle,so if it goes tit's up I'll take it back, I will get the premier revo some time next month, Ive never had any probs with any of my Abu's incding 6500 ct & cs, 5600 etc.

cheers

p