Thoughts on left and right hand reel seats?

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Thoughts on left and right hand reel seats?

Post by Fish 30acre » Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:07 am

Is Megabass the only company that had a left and a right hand ROD? I'm curious if there is any sort of benefit to it or if it just ends up being an overthought process. Any thoughts??

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Re: Thoughts on left and right hand reel seats?

Post by TFOUR » Sun Aug 07, 2016 12:53 pm

I've never heard of it, do you mean the reel seat actually has grooves cut into it a specific way? When I spiral wrap I either go left or right based on it being left or right handed. That's as far as I've heard.

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Re: Thoughts on left and right hand reel seats?

Post by Fish 30acre » Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:45 am

The Megabass Arms rods (their $1k rods) had left or right hand grips... There were grooves in the handle made specifically for one or the other hand, unless I am mistaken. I am looking at designing some reel seats myself and am curious if that would be worth it.

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Re: Thoughts on left and right hand reel seats?

Post by drift123 » Sun Apr 02, 2017 5:15 pm

Megabass goes above and beyond when it comes to ingenuity. I've never heard of this option until now

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Re: Thoughts on left and right hand reel seats?

Post by drift123 » Sun Apr 02, 2017 5:16 pm

Would be interesting to build one and give it a try. You might either love it or hate it

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