It’s fine to that time ….
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I finally did the same thing last year. It took a few hours of sitting on the floor going thru all the drawers and rod rack, writing everything down and then entering it all later into excel. But I’m so glad I did it because there’s no way I could keep track in my head anymore. I did a separate tab for rods, two tabs for large and small reels, a tab for lines not on reels, and finally a tab for firearms in the safe with serial numbers. I gave a copy to friend for safekeeping as well.
It’s a really nice feeling to finally have it all documented, but I do kind miss the days when I only had a few things and could keep track of it “all upstairs”.
Next will be a tab or maybe a whole separate file for fly tying materials and stocked fly boxes. Now that will take some time!
Pescaphile
Steelhead
I don't like the stickers anywhere on the exterior of my reels but do appreciate having them on the inside of the spool.
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Oh that’s a great idea. I use the stickers that come with the line for the first mounting of a line on a reel, but any changes that sticker gets ruined. I hadn’t thought if using my label maker to make a new one.
I just checked my database and I'm about the same. . I counted 53 entries on one reel tab and 22 on another. Some of these are just spare spools with lines. Then on my "lines not on reels" tab, I counted 48 entries.Its to late for me, with over 45 reels, 60+ lines its all a cluster F$ck
It really won't take as long as you might think to catalog them all into Excel. A couple hours with pen and paper going through your gear, and then an hour creating the file on the computer. And believe me it is so nice to be able to refer to that file when you are wondering what exactly you have, or where "that line that I know I have is", etc...
You organized folks are missing out on all the fun of guessing "what's this line?" I can usually guess by what reel or spool a line is on. It's all the lines in the two big cardboard boxes that became separated from their original spools and boxes/cartons that are the real mind benders. Sometimes I can determine what weight a line is by measuring its diameter with the micrometer - for floating lines anyway. Sinking lines, not so much.
I thought about it…then I realized how much “fun” it is to pack for a trip, with my wife walking by shaking her head in wonderment as I mutter to myself incessantly…
You know coho can read that and critique your line choice.I just read the label on the line!Using OBS lines will not allow you to fall behind technologically.
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Pink Nighty
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..... I don't even know where all my rods are guys.
I'm a lake guy and most all of my rods are 5 wt and relatively fast action. Since I use reels in the $75 to $150 range my lines are all on complete reels with the line ID sticker under the foot. If I pull the line off the reel I throw it away if damaged or move to an old product spool and mark the ID on the spool. A new replacement line sticker ID is applied to the same place under the reel foot.
Probably not a workable system for those that have a large repertoire of fishing environments requiring wide inventory of gear...or those with a penchant for $500+ flyreels.
Probably not a workable system for those that have a large repertoire of fishing environments requiring wide inventory of gear...or those with a penchant for $500+ flyreels.