Quote Originally Posted by oldfrat View Post
I was given a large reel full of this, with color changes to signal the amount of line out, by a guy who had used it to troll for lake trout in the NY Finger Lakes in the 1940's. A friend of mine auctioned it off on e-Bay and I understand it went for an amount that surprised him. I have no clue if the buyer planned to use it or just collected antique fishing gear.
This is what I was given, 10 colors at 10 yard lengths. Starts with red, then blue, then tan, so on to white.

Well, looks like I have 100 yards of heavy leader for the swifter rivers and streams around here. Thanks for the information what to use this for.