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Mike,
When I was doing a lot of 'mainstream' bass tournament fishing, all my casting reels were 'left hand crank'. Foolish to change hands at the precise moment when many strikes occur.
I even owned a 'set' of the only baitcasting reels I've seen marketed that were actually convertable from right to left hand retrieve. Ryobi made them, and I used all 7 of mine until they fell apart.
Matters a good deal less for fly fishing, but it still works better if you don't have to change hands.
Good Luck!
Buddy
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The Medalist is not a click pawl reel . It has a pretty nice drag system . The Pflueger Gem is a click pawl , however , and could be used either way . Check out e-bay for pictures of the Gem . I'll ship one in decent condition to you for $25 .
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Here is an interesting history of these reels:
http://flyreelsonline.hypermart.net/Pfl ... toryII.htm
And instructions for switching retreive directions for the 1400 series reels:
http://www.pfluegerfishing.com/how/fly-retrieve.html
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Thank you Flyboy@ak, that's the information I needed. I'll save those links so as I find more Pfluegers I'll know right where to look ! I love this place !
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
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Montana Moose
No problem. I had a 1494 that I bought in the 70s, and this summer I gave my nephew who was interested in starting fly fishing a 5wt graphite-glass Fennewick 5wt rod and the reel. The reel needed cleaning, and he is left handed so I needed to switch retrieve directions. To do that I had found those links, and bookmarked them thinking it would come in handy in the future. Glad it helped out.
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Good on you Flyboy@ak, encouraging anyone that shows an interest in fly fishing, especially your nephew.
My Grandfather is the one that encouraged and helped me when I became determined to become a fly fisher.
I found out a lot about my Pfluegers today, so yes, you helped me out too !
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
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Ya, I kinda hooked him though on his first time flyfishing with "Uncle Flyboy". Put a Sage XP 7wt in his hand and placed him in in a spot that was lousy with big Pike. That 12 year old had eyes as big as saucers when those waterwolves were inhaling a mouse he short cast out from my boat into some shallow weedy water. By the end of the day he was really casting fairly well, considering such a big streamer and a titanium wire leader. He must have hooked up 20 Pike, and of course we released them all. Since then back at home with the rig I gave him he has caught grayling and rainbows on the 5wt, and practices up in his yard casting when he can't get to water. He lives in Fairbanks, so I can't get up there to frequently. His dad though not a fly fisher, is encouraging him to cast, and takes him to local water. Grayling fishing is quite good up there, so he does well with a Griffiths knat, EHC and Parachute Adams supply I sent him home with. Oh ya, he has a couple of big mice too, I am waiting for a story of him getting into trouble with a big fish on that 5wt!!
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Yep, big huge trout on a too light fly rod is always good for some thrills. Good on his non-flyfishing dad too. I always get a good smile when I hear things like that, fly fishing related or not !
I wanna do those 'waterwolves' one day soon too. That has to be awesome.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose