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taJon,
You can questimate the amount of line you have put on the reel based on the diameter of the line and what the reel is rated for on the side. Unless you have a line counter when putting it on your all set then. I feel our reels to 1/8 of an inch of the lip on the spool.
Pete G is right about the coating it all wears off after time, and he is right on about Fire line, I used 14 lb test many many years on my light tackle stella 4000, but went to PP because there is not a whole lot of difference when you get used to using it. Although I did think I got a little more distance in casting with the FL but nothing major.
Another thing that will make the line lose its coating faster is the type of guides on the rods, if you have soft or plastic guides it will wear faster. If you have hard or sic guides it wears slower and does not make the line frey like fire line used too. although I know they have changed alot of those problems with fireline when it 1st came out.
SPooling on with help from another person holding the spool with a pensil in the middle and adding a little tension will work just fine. I use a dish rag to hold the line as it gets hot quick, does't take much of the caoting off. The other way is to take it to your local tackle shop and have them spool it on for you, Depending on the type of reel you use it will definatly pack better on the spool with a maching filling.
No Water needed as it is not a line that will pack tighter with water. It does not absorb water.
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