I'm going to start spooling my rods with metered braid - changes color every so many feet. Here is an example (seems pricey):
http://www.anglersystems.com/sufixmetered.html
Numerous companies make this now. Found some as Bass Pro last week, just not in the lb test I wanted. Seems to be hard to find right now. If anyone knows where to get some, I'd like to know.