Anyone have any tricks or ideas for how to label/identify which lines you have on different reels?  Pound test, brand, type etc.

I keep an Excel file like this handy.  Or, Lew's reels have those "line indicator" for this purpose.

 

 

A computer file as stated above. I also put a small label with brand, test, and date spooled on the reel in an out of the way place.

Another one who uses Excel to track my rigs - including line.

 

And like 5/0, I use a Brother Label maker to print off the line type/# test and put it on the reel foot.

9 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I use a Brother Label maker to print off the line type/# test and put it on the reel foot.

Put mine in with hand printed labels. Checking out the Brother option though, especially for tackle boxes. Which model do you use?

I've got a P-Touch 1280 that we've had for years - I'm sure a less expensive model will do the job

https://www.amazon.com/Brother-PT-1280-P-touch-Electronic-Labeling/dp/B000ALGKEO

I save all that info in Notes on my iPhone. 
 

4 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

I save all that info in Notes on my iPhone. 

Since my Excel file is synced to G-Drive - I have access to it with the phone (Android Open Office) as well...just quicker to glance at the label

36 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

And like 5/0, I use a Brother Label maker to print off the line type/# test and put it on the reel foot.

I don't have that much tackle that I need a spreadsheet (although I love spreadsheets).  The label on the foot of the reel is more what I was thinking.  Thanks.

LMAO

I don’t have enough combos to forget what line I have on them 

 

I’d probably use a notebook and write it all down or use an excel sheet as others already mentioned 

3 minutes ago, Finessegenics said:

I don’t have enough combos to forget what line I have on them 

Just wait a few years - then you'll want a record keeping system.

 

(getting older sucks)

Hmm...

 

#6 Tatsu on spinning tackle

#12 Tatsu on baitcasting gear.

 

I think I can remember that.

Just now, roadwarrior said:

Hmm...

 

#6 Tatsu on spinning tackle

#12 Tatsu on baitcasting gear.

 

I think I can remember that.

One trick pony, Kent?

2 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Just wait a few years - then you'll want a record keeping system.

 

(getting older sucks)

I thought about mentioning that too but I didn’t want to offend anybody

     I simply keep it all in my head.  I can't remember birthdays, jokes, or what my wife wanted me to pick up at the store, but I can remember what size, brand, and how old every line is on all of my reels, including 40 or more Salt water reels, I use for work.  I can even remember what leader material, and which knot I used.  I even remember what line is on my friends reels.

       If I wrote it down in a notebook, I would forget where the book is, and if I put it on my computer, I either wouldn't be able to find it, or wouldn't be able to remember a pass word to get at it.  I guess I have what my wife calls selective memory.  

2 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

One trick pony, Kent?

 

I mix in some backing on a few reels and have #11 Sunline Armilo spooled on my

jerkbait, crankbait and topwater rigs, but it's a dark line. So...a three trick pony.

 

Always just used my memory and color of each different line used. Any doubt about pound test I just measure it.

If you start using devices to remember you will forget quickly and lose the ability to recall.

Tom

1 minute ago, WRB said:

Always just used my memory

Yup

3 minutes ago, WRB said:

Always just used my memory and color of each different line used. Any doubt about pound test I just measure it.

If you start using devices to remember you will forget quickly and lose the ability to recall.

Tom

Not everyone has the same ability for memory recall, Tom. Various mental conditions require some of us to use helpers.

6 minutes ago, WRB said:

If you start using devices to remember you will forget quickly and lose the ability to recall.

Tom

cellphoneitis, it amazes me how folks can go though life like that. 

1 minute ago, MN Fisher said:

Not everyone has the same ability for memory recall, Tom. Various mental conditions require some of us to use helpers.

Very true, Until the 4th grade, I thought everyone remembered everything. In my next life, I don't want a photographic memory, much easier without it.

I go by memory.

There's a method to the madness which helps. 

I try to keep it simple (relative term)

because I certainly am. 

A-Jay

 

I write it on a piece of paper and put it in my bag. If I forget, I look at it. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

17 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Hmm...

 

#6 Tatsu on spinning tackle

#12 Tatsu on baitcasting gear.

 

I think I can remember that.

Or was that #6 Tatsu on baitcasting gear…and #12 Tatsu on spinning tackle? Wait. What’s Tatsu? 
 

God, I hope I never get to that stage! 

2 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

cellphoneitis, it amazes me how folks can go though life like that. 

People today can’t remember their own phone numbers!

Tom