It’s the widely accepted standard amongst fishermen, so that everyone is on the same page.

Same thing for me.

Charlie

Yes Forry. As soon as that last bit of the 5th color off your reel is actually in the water, thats "5 colors out."

Eric

Thank you Eric and all

Adrien, has explained it correctly, it has nothing to do with line leaving the reel. It is how much line is in the water, i.e., if 5 colors are in the water then it is 5 colors out. Any other way of measuring it would depend how the pole is rigged in the boat

Good thing I have 5 fingers. Lately I have been using the line counter to determine how many colors are off the reel, in the case metioned, 5 colors = 150' then the last color out would touch the water. Helps when you are dealing with 5 colors or more, I loose count every time.

Somethmg else I do is I have most of my lead core reels set up with in-line lead with a number taped to the rod handle, a #3 = 3 colors, so when I see mono I know my 3 colors are in the water. I like to keep it VERY simple, Trav showed me this idea of puting a number for how many colors you have in-line.

John S.

John S.

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Adrien, has explained it correctly, it has nothing to do with line leaving the reel. It is how much line is in the water, i.e., if 5 colors are in the water then it is 5 colors out. Any other way of measuring it would depend how the pole is rigged in the boat

its the same for me, rod tip or line in the water. i set my rods with the rod tips just over the surface of the water by six to 12 inches max. we seem to have less tangles that way than having the rod tips up