You can get a rough idea of how much line you've got out like this:
Set your line all the way to 1 side of the spool. Have someone grab the line from the tip of the rod and walk out until the line is at the other end of the spool. Measure from the rod-tip to the person who walked out the line and you'll have a pretty good idea how much line goes out every time the line makes a trip across the spool. Not as precise as a line counter but gets a person in the ball-park. Sometimes you've just got to use what you've got...........
