Ok a further suggestion. How to hold rod and wind reel whilst trotting trotting with "right to left" hand flow. And then "left to right" hand flow if you cross a bridge over river. And ones reel ( like the MMatch) has no ability to switch handle sides.
Basic but important.
Great series. Masterclass in fact. (Ref Smith and Giles).
Re: Roach Reflections
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:09 pm
by Olly
That's simple - right to left - rod in right hand - reel in using left hand - line off the bottom.
The flowing the other way - rod in left hand -- turn reel around - line off the top - reel in using right hand!
That of course sorts out the 'pin men! No line guard required.
Fixed spool - buy an ambidextrous reel - change the handle!
Re: Roach Reflections
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:53 pm
by Mark99
Olly. Observation ref Marks reel.... MM 440? No way to swap the handle.
Re: Roach Reflections
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:57 pm
by Olly
Hence my last comment - - and proof that centrepins are better than fixed spools - for trotting!
Re: Roach Reflections
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:52 am
by DaceAce
Olly wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:57 pm
Hence my last comment - - and proof that centrepins are better than fixed spools - for trotting!
Proof you're a daft beggar!
Re: Roach Reflections
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:58 am
by DaceAce
Mark99 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:30 pm
Ok a further suggestion. How to hold rod and wind reel whilst trotting trotting with "right to left" hand flow. And then "left to right" hand flow if you cross a bridge over river. And one's reel ( like the MMatch) has no ability to switch handle sides.
Basic but important.
Great series. Masterclass in fact. (Ref Smith and Giles).
I'm right-handed, I always hold the rod in my right hand and wind in/control the line with my left hand regardless of whether the river is flowing from right to left or left to right and the type of reel used. I think you'll find just about everyone else does exactly the same.
One confession is that when I started fishing I did, for a couple of years, hold the rod in my left hand and have a right-hand wind reel then realised that I should be doing it the other way round.