Fishing with a left hand wind bait caster is the only way to seriously fish on a river when you are casting all day. By the same token my buddy is left handed who can only fish with right hand reels. If we are fishing in my boat and happen to be pulling plugs he can't do it. It is kind of funny. I even have my big boat rod reels for Tuna and billfish specially made for left hand reeling. This way I never have the fish or the strike in the "wrong" hand. Most quality fishing reel companies have salmon and steelhead sized reels readily availabe fortunately.