I am curious how you all with larger collections keep track of what you have and it’s condition and attributes.
As a professional rod builder I will buy up just about any rod I come across for the right price, regardless of condition. Because of that I have “way too many fly rods” -Spouse’s opinion not mine, ha. I don’t want these to be confused with my business rod inventory in case something happens to me, etc, so I don’t want to include them in my business or on the books as inventory.
When I had 5-10 I did fine with a little notebook. Now I find myself flipping through it confused and searching. I am thinking of doing the hanging tags numbered, and that number corresponds to a spreadsheet that details all the attributes of the rod. Has anyone else done this, or is there a better way to do it and label the rods? Side bonus, on a spreadsheet the details of what I paid for them are less readily available than a notebook on the desk!
Edit to add: What attributes are you tracking?