Depending on the rig, I have line from 8-20lb test and even a couple with braid. How do y'all keep track of what's on your reels? Since I'm getting ready to respool, I'd like to find a good way to track it.

I have a Brother P-Touch label maker and put a label on the underneath side of a sideplate that states the line size. For 12 lb. mono my, I print a label that says "12M"

Use a label maker. Put the label on the handle. Type, test and DATE.

I use athletic tape and a pen to write on it. Cheap and works great.

GENIUS! Thanks.

Sharpie does the trick.

Yep, i use a sharpie and right line size and either a M for mono or an F for fluoro. I put it on the butt of the rod.

I sit there and stare at the reel and line for a good 2 to 3 minutes and hope I end up guessing right.

Go to office supply and get some stick on price tags. Write the date and line on the tag and stick it on the o/s of the reel.

I just kinda eyeball it...

Or just write it in alittle notebook, won't fall off or fade.

Just get the label material for the Brother label maker. Use a fine point permanent marker to write on this material.

I write down the date I re-spooled the reel (baitcaster) or spool (spinning) as A�L for the month (A = January, B = February,... L = December). A�Z plus A�E with a dot over these letters, and the last two digits of the year. A�Z for days 1 through 26 and the dotted letters for days 27�31. All of these letters are uppercase

Next is the pound test in which is just one or two numerals. 8 for eight pound test, 14 for fourteen pound test, etc.

Finally, I have company which is done in the first lower case letters.

Examples: u = Sunline, g = Seaguar, v = Silverthread, M = Mason, T = Trilene, P = Power Pro, D = Daiwi, n = Stren, and so forth. Note that if I use the first letter it is upper case as the first letters of these brands capitalized due to the brand names being proper nouns. For those brands that I use a letter other than the first letter of the brand name I use a lower case letter to designate these brands.

With the type of line from a particular company with a second lower case letter.

Examples: Seaguar InvizX = sx, Sunline Sniper = up, Sunline Shooter = uh. Note that I use p in prefrence to n for Sniper because a p is less likely to be mistaken for an h, and vice-versa.

So if I have say 12 pound test P-Line CX Premium on a reel, and I put this line on the reel on October 18, 2011, I would maker the label as: Jr11-p12. The J being for October, the r being for the 18th, the - for P-Line, and the p being for CX Premium. For CXX extra strong P-Line I use an x.

The up side of this method is that it is very compact. The down side is that it�s not as transparent to others as more conventional methods, and sometimes it takes a bit for me to remember how this code works.

After making up the label I adhere it to the inside of the spool bell on spinning reels, and onto the bottom of the reel seat mount on baitcasting reels.


TFP

Sharpie and write it on the reel foot.

This...

All of this confusion would lead to this.....