Shooting a SMB: Left hand or right hand?

[Doc Harry]

I go both ways...

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[alwaingold]

I'm surprised nobody has pointed out how many S FL DIR teams deploy a bag: one diver sets up the bag and reel/spool while the buddy approaches face-to-face to supply the gas to send it up. If you and your buddy haven't tried this method, you should. While the skill must be mastered individually, shooting a bag as a team has a lot of merit.

Excellent point. We tend to do this when we are putting up a bag on a reel, just because it is not pre-rigged and is convenient to do it all as a team and its nice to have more room in your hands to hold the reel. We also occasionally do it as a team even on the spool for the big bag, because one guy can be pulling the inflator hose out while the other is getting the bag, and then the guy who is reeling up also doesn't have to be bothered with re-stowing the inflator hose. If you are shooting a little bag that you orally inflate, I don't see why you'd team shoot it.

Allison