All cables get
trickline, I don't really care which end.
If it ends up on the female end of a mic cable, I'm fully authorized to remove it for aesthetic reasons.
2 cubits of
trickline seems an awful lot for a 50' mic cable.
Color-coding your cable lengths?
That's nice, but pointless for everyone but you.
I've been in lots of places with lots of gear from lots of vendors.
Company A uses red to mean 100'.
Company B uses red to mean 50'.
Company C uses red to
mark ALL cables as theirs.
Generally, I can look at a coil and have a fair idea of it's length.
I remember working with an electrician on a shoot 1 time; he said all cables EXCEPT
power cables should be "over/under" wrap,
power cables should be "regular" coil.
I'm pretty sure it was because he didn't know how to do it, and, being an electrician, he'd cut his hands off before helping
strike anyone else's stuff.