richg99
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On another site (BassBoat Central) a long discussion ensued about how to mark rods and reels with whatever line strength/type and other attributes the combo had... I came up with a color-coding plan.
What do you all think? richg99
Color coding instead???
All these ideas are just fine. As I said, I use one of them (label machine and scotch tape) on my golf clubs.
However, I was just wondering if color coding the rod/reel combinations wouldn't be even easier and quicker to pick out the combo that you want.
I think the "Standard" for color sequencing is Black-Brown-Red-Orange -Yellow-Green-Blue-Violet-Gray-White.
So, a piece of Black Tape might denote your smallest normal line diameter/strength. i.e. 4 lbs.
Brown tape would be 6 lbs
Red tape would be 8 lbs
Orange tape would be 10 lbs
Yellow tape would be 15 lbs
Green tape would be 17 lbs
Blue tape would be 20 lbs
Violet tape would be 25 lbs
Gray would be 30 lbs
White tape would be 40 lbs
Additional line strengths could be designated by cutting a BLACK tape half-width and combining that with a half-width of some other color that helps you figure out what you want it to mean.
OR WHATEVER Separations/sizes etc. make sense to you
The second piece of tape could denote the type of line...
Black mono
Brown fluorocarbon
Red Braid
etc.
A third strip of tape could be used to denote the type of rod/lure that you want to identify
Black .. topwaters
Brown ... mid level cranks
Red ... Bottom Bouncers
Orange ... Flukes
Yellow ... Worms
Blue .. Carolina Rigs
or any arrangement that you want.
Obviously, you'd have to have a "chart" glued inside of the rod cabinet until you remembered what the colored strips meant.
WalMart sells a group of five colored electrical tapes in their hardware department. That would give you a start. The other tapes would have to be secured from a fabric store or made up by printing a colored strip on your computer, and then covering it with scotch tape.
Just brainstorming here, in between messing in my shop. This "color-banding" is similar to how electrical resistors and numerous other electrical devices are coded.
I obviously have far fewer rods in action than most of you guys.
regards, richg99
p.s. So, a rod combo with Orange; Black; Yellow on it would be a
10 lbs line; Mono; used for worming....
What do you all think? richg99
Color coding instead???
All these ideas are just fine. As I said, I use one of them (label machine and scotch tape) on my golf clubs.
However, I was just wondering if color coding the rod/reel combinations wouldn't be even easier and quicker to pick out the combo that you want.
I think the "Standard" for color sequencing is Black-Brown-Red-Orange -Yellow-Green-Blue-Violet-Gray-White.
So, a piece of Black Tape might denote your smallest normal line diameter/strength. i.e. 4 lbs.
Brown tape would be 6 lbs
Red tape would be 8 lbs
Orange tape would be 10 lbs
Yellow tape would be 15 lbs
Green tape would be 17 lbs
Blue tape would be 20 lbs
Violet tape would be 25 lbs
Gray would be 30 lbs
White tape would be 40 lbs
Additional line strengths could be designated by cutting a BLACK tape half-width and combining that with a half-width of some other color that helps you figure out what you want it to mean.
OR WHATEVER Separations/sizes etc. make sense to you
The second piece of tape could denote the type of line...
Black mono
Brown fluorocarbon
Red Braid
etc.
A third strip of tape could be used to denote the type of rod/lure that you want to identify
Black .. topwaters
Brown ... mid level cranks
Red ... Bottom Bouncers
Orange ... Flukes
Yellow ... Worms
Blue .. Carolina Rigs
or any arrangement that you want.
Obviously, you'd have to have a "chart" glued inside of the rod cabinet until you remembered what the colored strips meant.
WalMart sells a group of five colored electrical tapes in their hardware department. That would give you a start. The other tapes would have to be secured from a fabric store or made up by printing a colored strip on your computer, and then covering it with scotch tape.
Just brainstorming here, in between messing in my shop. This "color-banding" is similar to how electrical resistors and numerous other electrical devices are coded.
I obviously have far fewer rods in action than most of you guys.
regards, richg99
p.s. So, a rod combo with Orange; Black; Yellow on it would be a
10 lbs line; Mono; used for worming....