Left hand reels for me. I'm right handed,so that means the right arm is stronger thus when the hook is set, I am doing it with the strong arm and not the weak one. Because I don't have to switch the pole to the other hand, I can immediately retrieve line with the left hand if there is any slack after the hook set or if the fish runs towards me.

Most of my friends that have converted to left hand reels wonder why they didn't do it years earlier.

The bottom line is that there is no awkward switching of the pole between hands during the critical hookset and the strong arm(right) is working at it's most efficient-holding the pole before, during, and after the hook set.

Get a left hand reel.