Quote Originally Posted by sky hawk View Post
Your rod length. Depends on what type of presentation you're doing, but you can tape your rod at 2 ft. intervals to tell you exactly how much line you have out. You can strip line from the reel, let's say 2 ft. at a time, for depths longer than your rod. Of course, you want to add in the length from the water's surface to the rod tip.
Good reply here. No need to complicate it.