My hillbilly depth finder

[eeker01]

Another trick is to weave or tie colored yarn or ribbon through the rope at the marker spots where you would tie your knot. Knots weaken the rope and are rough running through the hands sometimes. The trick I saw was a easily remembered color combination ie red=5 ft,yellow=10 ft, and green=15ft and then blue was 20ft for "deep"

Oh yeah! Even better!