New Reel designs

    Using a reel is great except when it comes to reeling back in the line. First of all we like to use thicker lines when the reels are designed to use thinner lines, since they are based on european spearfishing.


    This means that we can barely get enough line on the reels which means the spool is filled all the way to the brim. By having it so full we must carefully reel back in the line to make sure it is all even.


    So three thing are going on with only 2 hands.


    1. Wind the reel
    2. Hold the gun
    3. With the same gun holding hand balance the line on the reel


    Elimination of any 1 or more things will lead to a better reel.


    1. Auto winding reel( like autowinding flyfishing reels)
    2. Some sort of way to free the hand holding the gun
    3. Levelwind system (like on some horizontal fishing reels)



    2 can be the easiest to figure out and can possibly be done without designing a new reel. Maybe some sort or retratable stabilizer on the gun.


    3 is the next easiest/ Some sort of system can be retro-fitted to existing reels.


    1 is the hardest although an autowinding reel will be awesome it would probably cost too much or require alot of maintenance


    What are your thoughts?

    Davie Peguero

    The issue is complication.


    In my mind, auto-wind is out of the question because it would require some sort of motor.


    Freeing the hand is difficult and would require some sort of harness that wouldn't be worth it.


    The level-wind is interesting, but might require a gear mechanism. Click on the link to see how it works.


    Either the roller on the level-wind has to spin or the shaft has to spin. In the link above, the roller is spun using the line. On a fishing reel, I think the shaft spins. Making this happen can be tricky on the small scale, underwater, or in a niche market.


    I'll have to stop and look at a level wind reel and see what we can do.

    Auto wind can probably be done with one of those mainspring watch springs. I know that's how they make the auto flyreels.


    I know with the some reels they have 2-3 delrin washers that can be replaced with a toothed delrin gear, and the level wind can be placed on the line guide.

    Davie Peguero

    What would happen if the width of the spool were divided into 3-4 thinner segments using a couple of dividers? Could you reel the line into one relatively narrow section, and then when that section was full, flip the line onto the next section? The idea is that the line would pile relatively evenly in a narrow section vs the full width of the reel. So you wouldn't have to pay attention to making it wind evenly across the full width of the spool. Just watch for a section to get full and flip the line to the next section?

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