so do you swap hands after the cast like a bait caster? all my spinning reel handles are on the left side because I cast right handed it's easier to work the bail and reel with your left hand

I've never seen one that doesnt adjust I've got about 12 or 13 leaned in the corner and everyone will swap sides if the button on the opposite side of handle dont screw out sometimes you have to hold the spool and unscrew the actual handle.

Couple tips. Manually flip the bail with your hand after then cast rather than reeling it closed. This will help eliminate twist dramatically. At the end of the day when you are coming in, cut your bait off and stick the rod tip down in the water and free spool the reel until all the line is off the spool. Reel it all back on while the boat is moving. The water will provide a little resistance so that the line goes on the spool properly and by not having a bait on the line, it will twist freely in the water as you reel it up and get all of the line twist out of it. If youre ever around the big charter boats coming in that have been using big spinning reels, you'll see the deckhands on pretty much everyone of them doing this every afternoon on the way in or in the mornings on the way out to the spots. Last thing is, never reel or try to reel when a fish is pulling drag. That'll put so much twist in one that it will be unusable until you spool it all off and do the trick using the boat. I used to get so frustrated with customers doing that. If they did it on a big fish, I'd just put that rod to the side and give them another because I knew that after just a couple more casts, I'd be having to deal with big knotted up mess half way up the rod.

Yep, good advice. I'll also add, certain brands of reels are much better/worse about it than others. That's not really something that's talked about, but guys who use spinning stuff frequently know it. Daiwa spinning reels are BY FAR the best in my experience (even the less expensive Daiwa reels almost never loop up), Shimano would also be very good (but the lower end models are worse). Also, the single greatest fix is to use braid, and again do NOT use a cheap, stiff braid. If you bought a Daiwa BG or a Shimano Nasci/Stradic (just for examples), and spooled it with 20# Seaguar Smackdown braid, take it out in the yard immediately and pull off more line than you would ever make a cast length, pinch it between your fingers and reel it back in, you'll seldom/never have any twisting / knot issues. I literally cannot remember the last twist knot I've had, and I use spinning reels every trip I take.

the ones Im referring to are higher end ones that are intended for salt use. they're sealed, don't have a button on the other side. They are just one sided.

Whatcha talkin about Willis 🤣🤣🤣 Yes all my baitcasters are on the right side, and my spinning reels are on the left, they just feel weird to me on the right

I use the $30 Shimano. (Sienna?)
They have a pretty good drag and last about 5 years.
Think I have 3 or 4.
$90 St. Croix rods. ($120 now)
Either 8 or 10 Ande mono.
And normally throwing a Spook Junior, most of the day.
Works fine for me.

Yeah, but you squat to pee Ernie!!

Why you been watching me pee? 🤔

Like which ones? I have Pfleugers, Shimanos, and Diawa’s. They all swap over

No I cast left handed and reel right handed

You naturally left handed or just have a slight touch of tard?

I can't retrieve a spinning rod with my right hand to save my life, but I couldn't use a left-handed baitcaster any better. I'd look like a Jerry Lewis movie trying to do that.

To my knowledge, no Van Staal switches over. I assumed the higher end reels in other brands are same way. Shimano Stella, etc. I might be dead wrong. Wouldn’t be first time.... today

IDOT I am left handed but probably some of both is correct

If I try to reel a spinning reel with my left hand, I end up holding the rod handle and moving the rod forward and back in circles to wind in the line.

That’s the most awesome thing I’ve read all day.

I meant to say reel handle. I look like somebody having a seizure trying to reel one with the handle on the left side. I also turn the steering wheel on the boat like I'm driving when somebody is driving my truck, pulling the boat out of the water. I do it every dad gum time. I guess I think I'm steering the trailer. LOL

Psychologists should probably do a study on me.