How much copper is on my reel?

[texas]

Probably a dumb question, but I haven’t seen this asked before and maybe someone here is smarter than me. My neighbor (awesome dude) is moving to South Carolina to be with grandkids and clearing out a bunch of salmon fishing tackle. With some other stuff I bought, he threw in this copper reel. Said he couldn’t remember where it came from even. Anyways, I’m somewhat baffled at figuring out how much line is on it. Is there a preferred way? Thought about just taking my wife to an empty football stadium by my house to walk it out and measure….any insights?

[SamonSez]

Here is a great copper resource written by our own Capt Rob Westcott:

 

https://legacysportfishing.tumblr.com/post/171483484813/for-the-love-of-copper

[SamonSez]

But the football field works too...

[texas]

Hey thanks! I have read Captain Rob’s write up before. Probably the single best I have seen on copper setups. Also been out fishing with him before, hell of a captain. I was really wanting to know if there was any quick and dirty way to estimate how much copper was on this specific reel. Sounds like I’ll just be making a trip to the football field LOL.

[RiggerRob]

How much braid backing, 65lb needed for the longest run on a salmon plus a wee bit to stop sweating bullets. 

How much fluorocarbon leader, 30lb needed to stop having to retie after trims.

Copper, 45lb, easily gets 300' & pushing 350'.

Excel program says 400' max of copper possible.

Not sure if program allows for swivel connections though!

[orangediablo]

Stretch it out in the yard/sidewalk and get the rangefinder out

[thumbburn]

Football field… east fix

[Legacy]

14 hours ago, texas said:

Probably a dumb question, but I haven’t seen this asked before and maybe someone here is smarter than me. My neighbor (awesome dude) is moving to South Carolina to be with grandkids and clearing out a bunch of salmon fishing tackle. With some other stuff I bought, he threw in this copper reel. Said he couldn’t remember where it came from even. Anyways, I’m somewhat baffled at figuring out how much line is on it. Is there a preferred way? Thought about just taking my wife to an empty football stadium by my house to walk it out and measure….any insights?

 

 

-Stretch it out on a football field and measure

-stretch it out and measure using a survey tape measure

-stretch it out and use a rangefinder

-stretch it out on the boat and use a detachable line counter https://www.fishusa.com/Berkley-Line-Counter/?sku=104963&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20510601304&gbraid=0AAAAAD_va1XI4nP4KoVTJsGMoeUN-ajWS&gclid=Cj0KCQjwguLSBhDLARIsAH-yPrGciIIOcdYbGNGKIN274Wjr9s8QAL1-G3GsN_aiID0GQSwOTo-xhbcaAg25EALw_wcB

[whaler1]

14 hours ago, texas said:

Probably a dumb question, but I haven’t seen this asked before and maybe someone here is smarter than me. My neighbor (awesome dude) is moving to South Carolina to be with grandkids and clearing out a bunch of salmon fishing tackle. With some other stuff I bought, he threw in this copper reel. Said he couldn’t remember where it came from even. Anyways, I’m somewhat baffled at figuring out how much line is on it. Is there a preferred way? Thought about just taking my wife to an empty football stadium by my house to walk it out and measure….any insights?

spool it on an empty line counter reel. See what it says and spool it back after. 

10 hours ago, texas said:

Hey thanks! I have read Captain Rob’s write up before. Probably the single best I have seen on copper setups. Also been out fishing with him before, hell of a captain. I was really wanting to know if there was any quick and dirty way to estimate how much copper was on this specific reel. Sounds like I’ll just be making a trip to the football field LOL.