How many of you own these? Do you have a system marking the lines as to remember what weight they are? Have you explored other lines like half weight lines like SA GPX or others?
Les
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As we've all been discussing the tendencies and qualities of line types and manufacturers, I have been wondering how many of us own a line scale. Mine, an
Umpqua model, will display the approximate grams as well as the AFTMA range for the lines based on the first 30'.
How many of you own these? Do you have a system marking the lines as to remember what weight they are? Have you explored other lines like half weight lines like SA GPX or others? Les
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I would love to get a line scale at some point. I think you've seen my method of marking lines--I just use a Sharpie and mark the end of the line right
next to the loop. Three marks for a 3 wt, etc. I usually have a pretty good idea of what's loaded on my reels, and I keep my other lines on their
original spools to keep from getting confused.
I have both a Power Taper and GPX line and like the idea of 1/2 line wt increments, although I don't mark them as such on the line itself. Here's an example of a 3 wt. Easy to read and the fish don't seem to mind.
BTW, this has worked well for years.... until I bought a 0 wt and 00 wt!
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I use a cheap digital "powder scale" available on eBay. It was about $25 delivered. It is rather accurate from about 0.5 g to 500 g. I can weigh
reels, rods, fly lines, two part epoxy, and packages, in ounces, grams, grains, or carats (carats?). It doesn't read line weights directly, like the
Umpqua, so it isn't quite as convenient. But there are a lot more things I can do with it.
Jdub, maybe you could use bleach to make white marks for the 0 wt and 00 weight? Whiteout or paint would flake off the line pretty quickly. Tom
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Use red ink for 0, 00, 000 If your "in the red" it's - negative. If it's black your + one or more.
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FishingHiker wrote:Great idea! |
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I like the red marker idea.
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I used the idea of red marker for sub-1 weight lines and I also started using a red mark on my lines that are 1/2 wt heavy. For example my old system was 3
black marks on the end of a 3 wt line, as you can see in the photo a few posts back.
My new system is adding a wider red mark, along with the black marks, for lines like the Orvis Advantage, SA GPX, and Rio Grand--lines that are all 1/2 line wt heavy (a 3 wt GPX is actually a 3-1/2 wt). From top to bottom: 3 1/2 wt Rio Grand, a 5 wt Cortland, and a 0 wt Sage line
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Jerry,
That's a great idea. |
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