Hawaiian sling - Rigging with a shooting line

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    I have been toying with the idea of a line shaft sling...how do you connect yours and does it effect your firing at all?

    I've used it at the Bahamas with great success. Here are some pics of the rigging. It's very simple. I attach the float line to the sling, the spear is attached to the sling with the shooting line. Doesn't affect accuracy at all. You can shoot any size fish and as long as you have some penetration you can play the fish with the float line. Better range than with a pole spear and you can't damage any component.


    On this spear I have a spinning point with double barbs. Since the range is not very long this has no effect on accuracy, neither does the attached mono. Take any SS shaft, thread the end and drill a hole at the point that is closest to the sling when you're at maximum pull. This is where you crimp the mono, secure the other end of the mono to the sling, there are a variety of ways to do this. You can tie the sling to a float and tow it. You can use a slip tip for the spear too. Big fish can be taken like this, I prefer this setup to a pole spear, it has more punch and 4 times more range.


  • amazing...I am definately going to try and do the same...what is the typical size shaft people use?


    I have a few that are pretty long, wondering if there is any factor other than draw length?

    i like to spear fish

  • I searched google for rigging a hawaiian sling with line and this is one of the first hits! Great site Dan.


    I imagine you had to use a drill press?


    Jason

  • I have a few questions...
    Why is there a notch in the shaft where the line is? Did it come like that?


    How long of a shooting line do you have between the shaft and the sling?


    What do you do to keep the line out of the way / free from entanglements while descending, loading and firing?

  • The metal of this shaft was very hard to drill through, and I was at a place with very limited tools. A carbide tipped masonry bit had to be used. So I flattened the area a little to make starting the hole easier and have less thickness to go through. I also thought that since the shaft doesn't have as much energy as a when using a speargun, it's a 5/16 shaft, recessing the line on the shaft will help penetration. Like what you see done with floppers sometimes. So I made the notch more pronounced.


    I can't remember how long I made the shooting line. I must've tried to see the distance where I could still be accurate and made the line that long.


    I just let the line hang in an arch under me as I swim. It works well. I got some open water fish that I would otherwise never be able to get.

  • one thought I will add to this thread is how easily this can be rigged to the floatline too...I was for some reason very limited in my thinking and was only imagining the line going to the sling...Duh!!! it is a super easy breakaway rig and that should give you a lot more flexibility with the shooting line too.


    I estimated three times the length of the shaft and found that to work well

    i like to spear fish

  • A standard Rob Allen shaft with normal shooting line attachment would work well with this setup too and you could step down to 6.5 mm to get extra speed.

  • Do you guys prefer to attach the mono to the wood block (sling) or have the mono attached to the float line?


    If it is the former what method is used to attach it to the wood block? Generally what length of mono and # test do you use? I would think the mono should be at least 200# as to try to avoid tangles since it will be floating around you, or is there a way to have the mono secured?


    Thanks.

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