RapalaDigital Line Counter

works perfectly and well worth the money, great for both knowing how much line youre putting on a reel as well as how much line you're putting out in the water. I use it when backtrolling plugs for steelhead

This thing is simple and great. Use it for offshore trolling. Colored line is great but it takes a couple seconds to attach this to the rod and get an exact line count. Takes a few seconds to remove and put on the next rod. Easy.

The Rapala Digital Line Counter is accurate and easy to use. I use it real time while fishing on deep sea trips out of San Diego. When the captain calls out the depth to the fish this device will get you right to the sweet spot (you have to compensate for current and drift). I also use it to mark my line in 50 foot increments but you can miscount especially at night. I was so impressed I bought an extra for a backup on multi day trips. This would be a 5 star review except the band that is used to attach the counter to the rod breaks and Rapala does not sell spares. I'm going to have to come up with my own fix.

Works real well! Very accurate. It also helps keep your line straight and in line with the face of your reel so it lays more evenly across the spool better.

Works as intended. Solidly built and measures in feet or yard’s instead of metric like a lot of other line counters.

It works until it doesn’t. Fishing for SoCal Night time bluefin with 100lb braid, Phenix Axis 3XH Conventional Rod, 300g to 500g knife jigs. When jigging, the extra tension makes the line slip off the retaining clip and slips on the wheel pretty much every time you free spool to drop. Just popped the line back in and kept fishing. Experimented with placement on rod, and you need to find a spot where the line is parallel to the rod blank between the guides to minimize the line popping out. On my rod it was between 3rd and 4th guide. Excellent to drop down and fish desired depth very quickly. Good visibility of the digits and shuts off after a period of time with no usage to preserve the battery. Relatively accurate, dropped to 450ft, and when wound back up was only off by 15ft due to slippage which is marginal compared to your line scoping due to current. As for durability/life, fished for two-5 hour nights and battery was still full. On the last night, dropped to 200 ft with 500g jig, got bit, line stayed on the keeper during the fight, landed about a 30-40lb BFT, and when I went to drop again, the bearings were SMOKED and the wheel was seized. Tried to free it up, but just put it away and used a second rapala digital counter the remainder of the trip. Overall, the experience using it to fish was positive, easy to use and it’s the best product out there, so far…. Dissatisfied with the durability after 1 fish - definitely an opportunity.

This counter is awesome.

The line counter has a clip that guides the line over the counter wheel.This clip broke off in the first 30 minutes of a very expensive trip which rendered it useless. Because it was purchased at the beginning of June, the vendor will not replace or refund the item.Very poor quality and worse customer service. Do NOT purchase this if you need a dependable line counter. Very disappointing