Don I read about an quick way to mark your line a while back. Make yourself
a frame 5ft square. Wrap your line around the frame real shipshape-like,
then just run your magic marker down one side of the frame on the line for
10' increments or both sides for 5' increments.

   Jim
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> From: "Chris Elmore" <elmorec@at*.ne*>
> Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 22:08:22 -0400
> To: "Don Burke" <donburke56@ne*.ne*>, <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Subject: Re: rockin' & reelin'
> 
> Don,
> It's got to be something you can feel in zero vis or no lights (I guess
> that would be zero viz too). Knots are the easiest solution. They are enough
> to feel but not too much to create problems on the reel.
> C.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Burke" <donburke56@ne*.ne*>
> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 6:11 PM
> Subject: rockin' & reelin'
> 
> 
>> Is there a better way to mark off distances on a reel line?
>> 
>> I've been using knots and it seems there must be a better way to figure
> out
>> how far off my tie-off I am at any given time.
>> 
>> Some methods I'm thinking about:
>> 1. Threading a small piece of black dacron through the nylon braid several
>> times, burying a reef knot inside the braid.
>> 2. Paint
>> 3. "Magic Marker"
>> 
>> Any thoughts?
>> 
>> Don Burke
>> Chesapeake, Virginia
>> 
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