10-27-2009, 04:23 PM
I appreciate the information provided by all who responded to my inquiry. I think that the notion that the calibrations are based upon a full reel of line is most plausible! My Daiwa line counter has a full spool or line; the spool of my largest Cabela reel has the least amount of line; and the spool on my smallest Cabela reel is about 2/3's full. The accuracy of my three line counters seems to be based upon the amount of line on the reels.
I put on a line counter that attaches on most rods to see what kind of reading I would get. I bought the line counter many years ago. It is made by Shakespeare. I repeated my experiment with the two Cabela reels with the Shakespeare line counter attached. I got the same readings from the Cabela rods as previously, while the Shakespeare line counter gave a correct measurement. The Shakespeare line counter needed a littler manual pressure put on the counter from me before I got a correct measure, but it did work.
It seems that I misjudged the quality of the Cabela reels. I apologize for my hasty condemnations. I guess I will need to keep those reels full of line or use the Shakespeare line counter. It makes more sense to me, to keep the Cabela reels full of line.
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I put on a line counter that attaches on most rods to see what kind of reading I would get. I bought the line counter many years ago. It is made by Shakespeare. I repeated my experiment with the two Cabela reels with the Shakespeare line counter attached. I got the same readings from the Cabela rods as previously, while the Shakespeare line counter gave a correct measurement. The Shakespeare line counter needed a littler manual pressure put on the counter from me before I got a correct measure, but it did work.
It seems that I misjudged the quality of the Cabela reels. I apologize for my hasty condemnations. I guess I will need to keep those reels full of line or use the Shakespeare line counter. It makes more sense to me, to keep the Cabela reels full of line.
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