WHICH HAND should you REEL with? (fly fishing)

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3 жыл бұрын

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@robertmathews3570 3 жыл бұрын

Might be the best ending yet lol stay huge!

@Wy.ty.onthefly 3 жыл бұрын

I totally rewinded and opened a beer lol!

@wvtacshot 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@spadebit7756 3 жыл бұрын

I’m ambidextrous! Equally capable of birds nesting my line with either hand!

@joeybono1171 3 жыл бұрын

Are we still talking about fly fishing

@sabiangriffin3713 3 жыл бұрын

If you can bird's nest a fly reel, I'm not disappointed, I'm impressed

@JCarlton904 3 жыл бұрын

@@sabiangriffin3713 It’s doable... just happened to me today rushing to rip line off the reel to cast not remembering that I loosened the drag all the way.

@sabiangriffin3713 3 жыл бұрын

@@JCarlton904 I am truly impressed my good sir. And one question. In which location do reside in for it to be possible to go fly fishing in the time of year when much of the surface of many water bodies has solidified?

@JCarlton904 3 жыл бұрын

@@sabiangriffin3713 Well I’m sorry for your solidified water. Not to boast about it but I’m here in the wonderful state of Florida.

@andrewmorgan3203 3 жыл бұрын

haha seeing Tom with the Huge Fly Fisherman sticker is great

@Wrk4Peace15 3 жыл бұрын

Keeping it real every Monday like clockwork. Best philosophies and advice in the game. Appreciate you man.

@MyPancho1 3 жыл бұрын

I'm supposed to be reeling with my HANDS??

@sabiangriffin3713 3 жыл бұрын

Same. Hopefully this will reduce cramping in my knees

@articchar-lf 3 жыл бұрын

Shocking! I know! My denturologist will be so disappointed I finally found that info.

@jeffankers1864 3 жыл бұрын

That ending. Hilarious! Now, back to watching the other 1OO vids I haven’t seen.

@theodorerzepski8491 3 жыл бұрын

I also cast and reel with my right hand. One bonus to this is when I shoot line on the presentation the reel crank handle is to the right while the loose line is to the left, so the shooting line will not snarl on the crank handle.

@marcburrows5783 2 жыл бұрын

I like that.

@electrontube 6 ай бұрын

I love how his answer for questions like "what's the best way to perform x activity?" and his answer is always "it doesn't matter, it's just fly fishing, we're not building spacecraft or anything super-critical"

@jonnewman9904 3 жыл бұрын

My dad taught me to reel with my left hand ........ about 50 years ago. Thanks for the vid. Always enjoyable 👍

@timrodriquez200 Жыл бұрын

The way you ended the video saying it had to be at least 8 minutes long to get the commercial is pure gold!! I’m doing great myself haha!!

@4stringmanagmaildcom 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm a righty. Where I fish (saltwater) you can get some good sized, fast moving fish on. Bull Trout, Coho, Ling Cod. When one of those starts swimming toward you, and you already have them on the reel, you need to take up line ASAP. I can do that much better with my right, beyond doubt. I've never lost a fish switching the rod from my right to left hand.

@boatmonkey 6 ай бұрын

I also have always been more comfortable casting and reeling with my dominant hand. When I read Arnold Gingrich, founder of Esquire magazine and, like you, a huge flyfisherman, explaining that he preferred this too, my bias was sufficiently confirmed! Thanks and stay huge!

@aidanwoodhead4190 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like such a huge fly fisherman right now cause I’m pretty sure I’ve seen all of those videos

@sabiangriffin3713 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@edwardsmith4557 3 жыл бұрын

You are such a hoot 😂. I love watching your videos. Not only are they hilarious, but they are so informative. I’m very new to fly fishing and I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you very hugely.

@flyguy2021 3 жыл бұрын

You’re doing it the right way Ben. Right and right.

@themaddscot 3 жыл бұрын

SO true! Nailed it... I recently got back into fly fishing and am loving it. Love the purist stuff (take care of the fish, etiquette, tying, etc) but also hate some of it too such as "wrong hand! ", casting (I gets the fly where it needs to go). Thanks for the beer time!

@jcreyes1242 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning

@wvbrookchub 3 жыл бұрын

Been doin good, thanks for asking. I just passed my year anniversary for my kidney transplant so thats HUGE. Had to have my old ones removed because they were too HUGE. Life is just HUGE, ya know it?

@EdwardsMcSWAG 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of big game salty dudes reel with their dominant hand as they don’t want their arm to be tired fighting a fish after a long day of casting 9-12wts. And to make up quick ground on backing like you mentioned. Great video as usual and nice hat

@vacherie_boy 3 жыл бұрын

Not only have I learned to reel with both hands, I have learned to cast with both hands. That comes it real handy on a drift boat

@CONEHEADDK Жыл бұрын

And side winds.

@lexhester4565 3 жыл бұрын

“Do what works best for you and apply that philosophy to everything...” best philosophy ever! You must be a philosiphizer. Thanks for another great video!

@charlieboutin3341 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the ending! I’m doing Great...Thanks for asking! Extremely relieved that I’m reeling with the correct hand ✋🤚😂 Have a Huge week Ben. 🎣

@grantrichardson84 3 жыл бұрын

“Hi, I’m a huge fly fisherman, and I’m about to open a can of worms!”

@CONEHEADDK Жыл бұрын

I don't fish single hand rods, but when I have to retrieve line, I just spin the reel on the edge, while having the loose line under my little finger, to avoid it laying up toto loose or a birds nest getting reeled in. Works fantastic.

@PaulCapps Жыл бұрын

Great advice and that is how I will do it.Thanks for the video.

@weisswurstfruhstuck8523 Ай бұрын

In Europe everyone reels with the left hand. Doesn’t matter if you’re right or left handed. Only time when I switched my retrieve is when I had a tennis arm injury and taught myself to cast with the left hand as I couldn’t even properly hold a bottle anymore so I had to stick with the hard work for my left arm.

@parachutejjs 3 жыл бұрын

There was a college basketball player back in the 80s (Charles Shackelford, NC State, R.I.P) who was famous for answering a question about his shooting “I can shoot with my left hand. I can shoot with my right hand. I’m amphibious.” Maybe he was a fly fisherman and was just ahead of his time...

@jameslaird5540 3 жыл бұрын

Love this channel. Informative and funny as hell!!

@sabiangriffin3713 3 жыл бұрын

Hell isn't very funny...unless you're a sadist

@illini81 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your vids, you've been a huge help to my fishing.

@rdcence 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. Being lefthanded (and my kids are right-handed) I have always noticed your retrieve hand in your videos. Mystery solved for me! PS I stayed for the full 8 minutes.

@DGaydon 3 жыл бұрын

Saw one of your stickers on a lift tower at Winter Park yesterday. Made me smile 😎

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

That was me.

@percolates 3 жыл бұрын

Saw your sticker on a rod vault at grand targhee last week. Made my friend smile.

@huffstuff 3 жыл бұрын

I'm left handed, and it was handy to learn by doing it your way. But I still found the flow of things better when reeling with my right hand. Interesting view on reeling from you brother. It'll get it done either way

@jwsullivan2 3 жыл бұрын

I have a shit ton of metal in my left wrist from multiple surgeries putting it back together from snowboarding crashes. I use my left to reel and my non injured right hand to hold the weight of the fish. To each their own! Hugeness is cool

@123marlo 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are lucky to get out fishing we can’t do anything just now in Scotland because of Chinese COVID-19 😂😂 but I cast with my right and reel in with my left been doing it since I was young and I am 70 and just love fly fishing I do enjoy watching your videos and I have fished over in BC and in Alaska and that was ace except in Alaska we were there when 9/11 happened and that was horrendous for those poor folks who died but I now just fish for brown trout,rainbow trout and sea trout but mostly brownies in Northern Scotland nice and wild ✊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦 tight lines and stay safe ✊🎣

@jaynesjunction 3 жыл бұрын

On point - just love when the fly shop asks what hand to you reel with.. and I sit there thinking for about 5 minutes. Don't know, don't think I have really paid that much attention to that aspect.

@tomlagatol4448 3 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your vids and look forward to Monday’s to get another “dose” of “Huge”...Thanks for that Ben. ...and PS- I look forward to the time that my non-dominant tires out while bringing in a fish.😁

@intothewildwego7085 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome as always! Cheers, buddy

@WildwoodSon 3 жыл бұрын

I primarily used an open-face spinning outfit before learned to fly fishing (late 1960's) so started using my dominant hand to hold the fly rod and non dominant hand to reel- just as I did with my spinning outfits. My rule of thumb is if the real is underneath the rod, I use my non dominant hand to reel, but if the reel is above the rod (casting / trolling rods / closed face spin) I do the opposite. I agree, whatever is easiest / more natural when you start will serve you fine moving forward. Love the vids ... keep'm coming.

@wydryfly Жыл бұрын

My take is that you hold the rod with your dominant stronger hand, thus you're using your stronger hand/arm to fight the fish enabling you to hold the fly rod more securely. I'm right handed, hold the rod with right, reel with left. My way is the right way................for me.

@Ericbyhookorbycrook 8 ай бұрын

Same. My biggest hang up is trying to finesse the rod, streamer fishing with my left. The reel hand is less critical.

@farmerbob4554 3 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty much amphibious when it comes to reeling but I do like to keep the rod in my dominant hand (right) and reel with my left. I guess, like you, I’ve been doing it this way for so long it feels more natural. I do have two rods set up for right hand retrieve that I use a lot and don’t even notice the difference. Thanks for the interesting video.

@zeph6439 9 ай бұрын

I learnt a while ago while fishing with an Alvey centerpin reel that winding with my strong hand (right) was the only way I could keep up with fish that make runs towards you. So the same applies with a fly reel - just try winding as fast with your non dominant hand and then with your strong hand and see which wins :)

@36mckat 3 жыл бұрын

This is how everyone should be! Who cares, whatever is natural! do what's best for you!!! Love your videos man!!

@glasscitymorphs6982 3 жыл бұрын

Always loved a dry cold 10 degrees. They’re the best

@mattokeefe691 3 жыл бұрын

Lefty here and I reel right hand. I have seen everything done. Thanks for the video

@elliotemery609 3 жыл бұрын

Love the FFBI hat.

@petergiamalakis6733 3 жыл бұрын

Good video Ben 😛

@DrPommels 3 жыл бұрын

love your old videos, but the more you can do about how you get to water you dont normally fish, and determine what fly to use, how to fish it, what your thought process is for exploring ; the better for all of us!

@anisenkrill6179 3 жыл бұрын

One of the many wonderful benefits of quitting guiding is being able to swap your reels to what works best. For you.

@jerryg957 3 жыл бұрын

Entertaining as always, thanks.

@LiterallyOverTheHillAdventures Жыл бұрын

As a predominately saltwater fly fisherman,, I reel with my right hand simply because it is easier for me to fight off the reel with my right hand reeling. Freshwater, I have my reels set up however they were when I purchased them. I do not recall fighting any trout off the reel.

@jeremyfree2fish586 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man love how you don't overcomplicate things get a rod that has some line tie on a leader and a fly and go fish in some water keep it up my friend

@noyopacific 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, no rules! Do what works for you. You can even call fake salmon egg's flies, EXCEPT don't ever try and call it fly-fishing if you aren't using a reel. That's fishing with a cane pole or Tenkara. Lol (I love Ben's rants about Tenkara best of all.)

@sabiangriffin3713 3 жыл бұрын

@@noyopacific One other Rule. Fishing the redds sends you straight to hell. All the way down. Boiler room of hell. ya know the meme where Pete Griffin is in the elevator with God? Yeah that, Pete is asking about assholes who fish redds (you can't insert a meme into a youtube comment alright)

@sabiangriffin3713 3 жыл бұрын

@@noyopacific Why do you say "that's fishing with a cane pole or a cane pole"?

@noyopacific 3 жыл бұрын

@@sabiangriffin3713, Ben sometimes rants on Tenkara (which he calls cane pole fishing.) I enjoy Ben's rants and would like to instigate another. It's just a little bit of good-natured sarcasm.

@heavymetalfishingla 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up fishing with my dad, I learned how to cast from him. He's left handed, and im right handed. But I learned to reel, fight fish, and the like southpaw. To this day I feel more in control of a fish if I'm using my right hand to reel or put pressure on the reel (cause redfish will get you on the reel lol). Great video as always dude

@lisadunworth6144 Жыл бұрын

Ditto, my dad is left handed too and I even prefer to cast left handed but can do both

@rxflyfishing1316 3 жыл бұрын

You rock dude. Love this channel

@skunkygrogan4247 3 жыл бұрын

The intro was perfect.

@hardiejf 3 жыл бұрын

This explains why almost all of the old reels i get are right hand retrieve. Greeting from Scotland BTW

@lukebonagurio4503 3 жыл бұрын

I was talking to a fish biologists at a hatchery and he said atleast 20% of catch and release fish die. He said if a fly Fisher catches 60 fish in one day he killed more fish than a guy just catching his limit. Like to hear your thoughts and maybe a Colorado dnr opion. Thanks

@lukebonagurio4503 3 жыл бұрын

@@bravotangoxray its chill I'm looking for opinions. I do say yours is alil biest. The bo I talked to said he think overplaying the fish and not letting it recover before realise is the biggest problem.

@charlieboutin3341 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with Reid. Done properly almost no fish should die unless mishandled, gill hooked or gut hooked and even some of those can survive. On the other hand done improperly, and yanking hooks, dropping them, squeezing to hard, or keeping fish out of water too long for photos can increase their deaths dramatically. Also hands and nets should be wet before landing them. Good fishing to y’all!🎣

@tpbrinkman 3 жыл бұрын

You are seriously the best thing on KZfaq.

@d.jensen899 3 жыл бұрын

When I startet in flyfishing in 1971 all reels was right hander as my dominant hand. So thats what i do today, but I was envy of my father, he could cast eqaully good with both hands. I tried but failed.

@wildjohnack 3 жыл бұрын

Possibly the best outro yet!

@stormstrachan7944 3 жыл бұрын

My hoodie just arrived

@edwardcowan7012 Жыл бұрын

I have been fishing all my life and have been considering adding a fly rod to my arsenal. You have an obvious understanding of fishing demonstrated by the fact that you constantly down play the importance of meaningless things like which hand you real with. Learning some stuff. Going to watch your bass fishing video to see if I’m right about you, lol.

@JCarterCancerFund 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this video! I'm old and cynical...I had a guy last summer what hand to reel with. I told him to go buy a tencura and he could practice in his toilet catching brown trout.

@scottybeck100 3 жыл бұрын

hey Ben, great video. I really appreciate your sense of humor! I reel left handed largely because I grew up spin fishing with the crank on the left. This feels right to me. I wish I could go both ways like you:) I have read that the right handed reel is preferred by Salmon and Steelhead fisherman because: if you spend all day casting with your right arm, when you finally get that one bite and hook into a hoss, you will need the strength of your left arm to land it.

@CONEHEADDK Жыл бұрын

AND the line doesn't get caught on the handle as often. AND you reduce the chance of the handle getting caught on fx a pocket, when a fish takes a rush (I've seen it happen, costing the angler a good fish).

@Wnemo 3 жыл бұрын

If you are still looking for content ideas....fly reel maintenance. I spray them with a garden hose or run them under water from time to time, but do you really need to take them apart and oil the bearings? I’m nervous I’ll never be able to get it back together again correctly.

@tradhntr64 3 жыл бұрын

Cast right and reel right. its zebco's fault the 202 was right hand reel when i was a kid, but now i have a total left fusion so my left hand is only good at holding the rod i can reel with it if i need to but it just looks dorky

@sabiangriffin3713 3 жыл бұрын

(6:50) Same here. Brookies, but under the ice, and that ice is on a river, so I can't ice fish it, but I can go on the lakes thankfully. But not for the trouts.

@stephenbrody2717 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a dry cold? 😂 Just like in AZ when it’s 110 and the people always say it’s a dry 110. Me sweating like I have Malaria or Dengu Fever wondering when I’m going to just “climatize” and get used to it. The videos do make me laugh thanks for all the effort you put into making them. Hope spring comes early this year.

@nate5811 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been watching for around 6months now cause well mainly your videos are funny and sometimes you actually fish. I’m in Missouri which is well known for not having trout but we do have several trout parks which to me is kinda cheating but it’s what I got and it’s a good place to learn. I have to try a fly rod just go with a 5ft ultra light combo with tiny line and some tippet. I caught some trout this past summer it was by far the best fishing experience ever. I’m hooked on standing in river and fishing. Now I’m ready for a fly rod, I think. Going to be a big learning curve and lots to learn. I do plan on watching your older video tutorials for help but any tips advice for beginner rod reel setup would be awesome (and I might buy some Huge gear). Stay huge!

@nate5811 3 жыл бұрын

Also your outro’s are by far the best of any fishing videos I subscribe to.

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nate!

@matthewbulsa8265 3 жыл бұрын

best ending so far from the 113 huge fly fishing videos

@grantlawrence6573 3 жыл бұрын

I am surprised more people aren't mentioning the FFBI hat!! Great video.

@jasonbeary5771 2 жыл бұрын

If you spin fish, you can be much better at off-hand reeling. But then, I use a right-hand reeling baitcast because, when I flip and jig fish, it's hard to reel left. It has something to do with having the reel above vs. below the rod. For me, it makes a difference. I bought 2 baitcasters for left reel, and just couldn't use them even though not switching rod hands while flipping would be SUPER helpful.

@RadDad1980 3 жыл бұрын

“Ambi-reeler”. Perfect!

@brandonsyanez 3 жыл бұрын

Love this channel.

@Johnhutchi7 3 жыл бұрын

I would add, as a cast with right reel with left hand guy, i like to keep my dominate hand to hold the rod for fighting fish. Seems easier to get tired that way than reeling. Im talking a river runs through it kind of fish fight dragging me down the river! 🤣

@nicholasbaker8158 3 жыл бұрын

Superb Finale!

@BrianPlastow 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You for this video. I get bugged all the time for reeling with my right. Eff those guys😉

@rahnt.5400 3 жыл бұрын

Really really enjoying your video! Always a hoot. I still think you need to put a video together featuring the squirmy wormy. No one could feature such a traditional fly as the squirmy wormy like you could!🤭😏🐋

@richardduplessie6081 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your videos!

@skorflyfishing 2 жыл бұрын

After 40 years of reeling with my "non-dominant" hand, It has become my dominant reeling hand. So I have the best of both worlds. You are totally correct that it doesn't matter with the small fish that we catch 90% of the time. But I would never want to switch hands to reel in a Tarpon. That switch would usually happen about a split second after the first hook set. So I'm not feeling good about having to make that switch. And then, I gotta think about making additional hook sets with my non-dominant arm. No thanks. Tarpon are hard enough to hook already. But the point you made is, "do what works for you". Again, totally agree. But if I am teaching a newbie, I am probably going to teach them not to switch hands to reel. Liked this vid.

@toddbowman5542 3 жыл бұрын

Doing great Ben! Thanks for asking. By the way, I had a collection of vintage reels, all left hand retrieved. Just saying

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

They were probably sent back from the future.

@jessepyle5409 3 жыл бұрын

One of your best videos. Has anyone suggested you fish with Jesse Pyle from Texas? Great guy.... that would be a hella show!!

@jakerozier77 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the beer and the talk

@grahvis 3 жыл бұрын

I've used my left hand to reel in ever since the first fixed spool reels that were available to me were lefthand only. That was about 65 years ago. The only good argument I've heard for reeling with your dominant hand is that, if you have a running fish, the reel handles are held away from your clothing and so won't catch on it.

@danielprsguitar 3 жыл бұрын

That orange reel is dope, son!

@patmiller4535 3 жыл бұрын

Ready to stay huge for another 112 episodes!

@Aucklandsaltwaterflyfishing Жыл бұрын

haha i use my left but when i get tired i flip the reel up and wind backwards with my right.

@alinaaseh3679 3 жыл бұрын

Doing well man, thanks for asking. We need more snow.

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

For real

@gordonmillsjr.1957 Жыл бұрын

As an Englishman, I had never seen anyone reeling with their dominant hand until I went to America. Nothing wrong with it I guess - a bit like what side of the road we drive on!

@TheWanderingGeezer 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been casting with my right and reeling with my left for 50+ years. Reel with whichever hand you want, there is no right or wrong.

@nealguimond2110 3 жыл бұрын

I must be HUGE!!! I reel with both hands!!! I enjoyed having a beer together. It was fun. HUGE fun!

@noneofthisisreal2023 3 жыл бұрын

Don't need a reel with canepole

@chasingfeathersflyfishing 3 жыл бұрын

That was the most awkward ending. I loved it! 😂😂😂

@justhickory5682 3 жыл бұрын

Left twix or right twix. RIGHT TWIX!!!

@randyrojas4531 3 жыл бұрын

Left hand to retrieve strip or manage line

@silverhairseeker5539 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Ben, you know how many Brookies I've caught in that stream? "Zactly none 'cause it's nowhere near my home......just thought I'd share that. 🤣

@charliemitchell2091 3 жыл бұрын

Ben, awesome channel, love your videos. I have to tell you, though, you need to up your game with the beer you drink. Come on out to the Midwest, I will show you around The Driftless area, we’ll catch some fish, and I will and turn you on to some awesome craft beer. The invitation is always open!