omer line separator. Has anyone played with this? Can be easily made at home.
Alternative connection of shooting line to spear
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interesting...my first thoughts are:
anything that is that easily bent can be unbent by a big angry fish. granted the fish will not have the advantage of such good leverage, but if it does bind and the fish pulls to the side, that ting will straighten out and poof, gone!
it claims to be hydrodynamic and would place the swage/ crimp behind the spear, but it also adds a bit of meta lto each side of the shafts profile so I wonder if it is really a gain. Also, the additional moving piece adds another thing to cavitate and vibrate
it claims to protect the line, this makes sense as you arent jamming the line into the mech, not really how I damage my mono, but a good point.
the best thing about it is that you can use a larger diameter spear in a tigh mech and still use 400 lb mono.
I would think about making on from some scrap SS and seeing how it works...if i get bored this week Ill make one and post about it
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Junk in the trunk :rolleyes1: A band aid for thin Euro shafts pulling heavy Mono. I would think the Champion Marco
Bardi could just stone the fish and use 250 # mono. What is wrong with a long loop with the crimp hiding behind the shaft tail for improved hydrodynamics. I would hate to see the bent rod snag a wishbone/band and come back at spero's face or eye in a millisecond.:@Cheers, Don
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Looks like junk to me. Might work in the Med where the fish aren't quite as large, but I HIGHLY doubt that could stand up to a medium-large grouper or large jack..
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I know nothing of euro setups, but . . .
When I first started spearfishing, and for quite a while thereafter, I used JBL bands with the thin solid wire wishbones. They often broke with no warning, and I see the same potential here.
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A good size Gag or black would bend that thing open and swim off with your shaft.:nono:
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Yes I agree!
I know nothing of euro setups, but . . .
When I first started spearfishing, and for quite a while thereafter, I used JBL bands with the thin solid wire wishbones. They often broke with no warning, and I see the same potential here.
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Instead of line separator it should be called ''shaft separator'' because sooner or later your shaft is going to separate........from your gun.
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An option for tight mechs that fray line is to tie a loop of 1.7mm dyneema to the shaft and then join your mono to that. The dyneema outer protects it from the fraying.
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Looks like an accident waiting to happen.
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I think it's interesting the mechanics of how it would work, never mind that it's impractical in most situations. I wouldn't have thought of making an "articulated shaft" myself, probably because it's never been necessary, but it surprised me. I wonder if Marco is surprised that omer chose to market such a thing
Along the same line of thought I'd like to see very clear footage of what a shooting line does when a shaft is released from the mech. Although whatever happens is good enough, I don't know that there's that much of a difference in terms of range and accuacy between freeshafting and using a shooting line. Or wait maybe that's why all those scuba freeshafters are such badasses
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Dan, I can tell you this much...I have shot my tito gun free shafted and it went about 19m and hit the wall of the pool hard enough to knock out a small chip...I shoot this gun normally with one wrap. the line adds significant drag but I do not believe it slows the shaft down as it leaves the gun, only as it drags through the water.
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I've heard of a similar setup, but instead of the metal piece, you use dyneema. It is more tolerant of the sharp bends than the Mono and it's hard-wearing. I've not used it, because I have had no problems with it, but nonetheless interesting if you lose a lot of shafts with the mono snapping at the connection point.
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