Rod Labels?

[N.Y. Yankee]

Does anyone offer removable stick on labels to put on a rod to record the specs of the line that is on it? Or should I just use some tape?

[Spankey]

I use tape or run off mini labels on my wire marker printer. Keep it simple. Pound test, type and date is all you need. Or at least that’s I need. Use a fine point Sharpie. 

[A-Jay]

This could be an option ~ 

https://www.thebuttdial.com/

Used to be a site sponsor I think 

A-Jay

[MN Fisher]

4 minutes ago, Spankey said:

I use tape or run off mini labels on my wire marker printer. Keep it simple. Pound test, type and date is all you need. Or at least that’s I need. Use a fine point Sharpie. 

Ya, I got a Brother P-Touch that I use for all my labeling needs.

[Deleted account]

47 minutes ago, N.Y. Yankee said:

Does anyone offer removable stick on labels to put on a rod to record the specs of the line that is on it? Or should I just use some tape?

Staples/Office Max

[Jig Man]

I just put it on a piece of paper and use scotch tape as well as entering it in my excel file on cleaning and maintaining reels.

[Fishes in trees]

I've tried a number of different approaches to this.   Stickers you get from the Walmart office supplies aisle are easy to use, but they often don't stay put/and or the label gets wet and if you used a fine point sharpie the ink smudges and becomes unreadable.  I wonder if stickers obtained from an office supply store like Office Depot would have a better grade of glue on the stickers, but not really, I think that is unlikely.

I put the labels on the reel rather than the rod because I might move the reel to a different rod.

I've tried just remembering, but sometimes I forget, sometimes you can tell by looking, but too often for me the lines, which looked different when brand new, become harder to tell after a few months of use.

What I did last year was,  A - look at the individual reel and figure out where the best spot for a label might be.   B - on an index card or sticky label, write down the pertinent information in a way that will fit the space on the reel, with room to spare on all sides.  C - Cut a piece of clear Gorilla tape, bigger than the label and stick it on the reel.  D - Press the label down tightly and then bust out your exacto knife and trim the excess clear Gorilla tape.  This whole process works best if the reel surface is clean & dry.

 

I am mindful that this method will over time put scratches on the reel, but I don't care about that.  If you're really precise with the exacto knife, you won't make any scratches.  If you're doing this after several servings of some IPA, scratches are inevitable.   

 

So far so good with this process - I only started doing it last year and I often leave fluorocarbon line on for more than one season.   We'll see how long this labeling process lasts, right now I know it works better than just a sticky label without the tape overlay.

[5/0]

I use  small label with piece of scotch tape over it. But I place the label on my reel, not the rod. There was a post a while back about something you could attach on the rod butt that had a dial for the pound test.

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, 5/0 said:

There was a post a while back about something you could attach on the rod butt that had a dial for the pound test.

I tried to find that one - not only pound test, but line type as well.

[A-Jay]

5 minutes ago, 5/0 said:

I use  small label with piece of scotch tape over it. But I place the label on my reel, not the rod. There was a post a while back about something you could attach on the rod butt that had a dial for the pound test.

 

3 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I tried to find that one - not only pound test, but line type as well.

 

A-Jay

[5/0]

7 minutes ago, Fishes in trees said:

What I did last year was,  A - look at the individual reel and figure out where the best spot for a label might be.   B - on an index card or sticky label, write down the pertinent information in a way that will fit the space on the reel, with room to spare on all sides.  C - Cut a piece of clear Gorilla tape, bigger than the label and stick it on the reel.  D - Press the label down tightly and then bust out your exacto knife and trim the excess clear Gorilla tape.  This whole process works best if the reel surface is clean & dry.

The scotch tape deal works well. It may wear but can be replaced easily and any tape residue comes off pretty easily. Get good enough judging tape size and no need for an exacting.

[MN Fisher]

2 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

A-Jay

Oh right - throw it in my face. Totally missed that earlier.

 

Thanks, Andy.

[NOC 1]

On 2/13/2021 at 9:29 AM, Spankey said:

I use tape or run off mini labels on my wire marker printer. Keep it simple. Pound test, type and date is all you need. Or at least that’s I need. Use a fine point Sharpie. 

That is what I do too. I use the "Extra strong adhesive" 3/8" version of Brother labels which will never smear or curl off. I put Brand, type, test and date but coded as it were into 3 small font lines so a rod with 12lb Berkley 100% Flouro installed in Oct of 2020 would read:

Bk100

12 FC

10_20

 

It's small enough so that it's readable without turning the rod over and on tape small enough not to be too ugly.