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Old September 1st, 2007   #1 (permalink)
 
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Dating Stren/Berkley Line

After talking with a factory rep, about whether or not I was getting fresh line, she pointed out that most Berkley and Stren line is dated on the spool itself. At the bottom of the label, you will see four letters/numbers. The first is a letter telling you the month it was made....A being January, B is February, C is march and so on. The next is a number telling you the day of manufacture and finally the third item is also a number telling you the year..... Now the fourth item on the code is actually a manufacturers code and can be ignored. The rep, a pleasant lady, also offered the following advice; and that is to never buy line over two years old. Some of the retailers are storing line in non cooled containers, damaging the integrity of the line.

I know the monos are dated, and possibly the braids as well. Just remember, the dates are at the very bottom of the round label on the spool itself, not on the box, and the letters and digits are simply Month, Day, Year
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Re: Dating Stren/Berkley Line

Hats off to you MAC VERY good info...........THANKS
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