Well, I just hit the clutch & cast with my thumb on the spool
- no reverse, just clutch, cluth, and more clutch....
But onto spinning reels
, like Sandman said, I only use the reverse to adjust the line before a cast when I'm using my little spinner. Otherwise, I don't use it. And 80% of my fishing is done with conventional anyway. No knuckle breaking, just thumb burnin'