Yesterday, while fishing I started counting the number of strips I used with the wincutter. Most of my fishing situations I used 4 to 7 strips. Ten strips is the most strips I can handle with any regularity. Thanks to my long arms I move 30 feet of line with 7 strips. 30 feet plus 54 feet plus the leader outside the tip is very repetative for me. I can do a better presentation to the lay hole with a shorter line in most cases. Stripping in the line takes time and with a longer belly it may only take a strip or two to get it out there. At this point I will live with 4 to 7 strips. Jerry