Fly fishing reels?

OK this is simple, but since your just starting out its not so easy. Many fly reels have a ratchet type clicker and its often on reels intended for left hand wind, the ones with ratchet clickers on both line in and out are mostly for right handed users but they can be converted to left, unless your retrieving the fish with the reel the retrieving side makes very little difference, if it bothers you move to a reel such as he airflo c8 as this will only "click" when line is being taken out, often reels that sound both ways are made by leeda, and are cassette reels, the LC 100 is one of them. One last thing is if your worried that you cant change the retrieve side you can simply turn the reel you have at the minute round so that the line guard faces forwards, many of them have a double line guard now for tool-less changing.

It's possible, but make sure you didn't accidentally purchase a left-handed reel and then mount it on the rod as a right-hand configuration. Holding the rod with the reel hanging below, the line should be coming off the bottom of the reel. If this is not the case, and you do not have a left-handed reel, I would either return it to Bass Pro or strip off the line and re-spool.

Many of them can go either way. If it has a line guide on both sides then you're set, some of them you move the line guide (it is supposed to face forward).

Most fly reels are rather uncomplicated - they're pretty much just something to hold the line you aren't casting. The click drag is mostly just to keep the spool from outrunning the line too badly.

Some fly reels are made for both. That's what you got. Also go w/Airflow he knows his Fly fishing real well.

-Fishingidiot-

right or left either way, and I love to fly fish but never out grew my cheap fly outfit. 10 years

Usually they can be mounted either way. What make and model reel do you have and we can give you a more definative answer.

Thanks,

Gotafish

http://flyfishingforbeginners.blogspot.com/

they can be used both ways, left or right hand