Picked up one of these Abu-garcia 6501CS pro-rockets (http://cgi.ebay.com/ABU-AMBASSADEUR-6501CS-PROROCKET-LEFT-HANDED_W0QQitemZ140078450814QQihZ004QQcategoryZ361 76QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) on E-Bay, made in Sweden... Feels like a solid reel and it's hard to get a quality affordable conventional for left hand retrieve.

just thought i would share...

funny u mentioned this I'm normally a right handed cast retrieve with left so I bought a conventional reel last spring abu 400 b Calcutta right hand retrieve because I thought that is what u r suppose to do I tryed a season to get use to it and I couldn't so I sold it for 125.00 and buying a CTE 401 left had retrieve it feels more of what i'm use to I guess it a matter of preference. :conf: :conf:

i do the same thing, I could never get used to reeling with the right hand

I'm the same way.....gotta have a lefty retrieve

damn, missed it :exp: