Posts by Dan

What's your height and weight Steven?

You're being too easy on them. That Oceanos suit fell apart quickly. It also didn't fit you well at all, terribly considering all the measurements Oceanos requests. They're supposed to be professionals. I'm no custom wetsuit maker, but was able to get a good fitting suit for you in one shot, just going by these photos and a few adjustments to the existing pattern where it was loose. Of course the softness and stretchiness of the Speardiver wetsuit helps with the fit.

The Speardiver Medium Long size will fit you. Like the Speardiver Predator Spearfishing Wetsuit I did for Steven. He's about your height and weight.

Welcome to Speardiver.

omer Bandit is possible. Probably a few of the old style masks similar to the omer Abyss like Sporasub Samurai. Funny I was the first to do this. Now you have tutorials on it everywhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nadwmuV6e6k

The omer Abyss mask easily takes a screw.

If you turn it around you won't have enough room to slide it into the mount. Maybe if you take the mask off you'll be able to do it. But that defeats the purpose.

I'd do two weeks. Then try and you'll feel it if it's happening again, if so stop diving and wait another week. It should clear up eventually.

It's going to be harder to get two fingers between the camera and your forehead, to press the two quick release buttons together, than to unscrew the thumb screw. Try it before you move on with this project.

It's nice. But I wouldn't do that. Go straight into the 3 prong, it will be much less bulky.

I had this a couple of times. My feeling is to ease off on the diving. It helped mine go away. The simple logic is that you're stressing blood vessels which is causing the bleeding. If you keep stressing them, they don't get a chance to heal.

Could it be they lose big fish too? If the fish takes it down long enough I just can't see them finding the floats %50 of the time when they finally surface.

Interesting story.

I'm no bluewater hunter. But I suspect there's not enough drag or buoyancy on that rig for a fish 150lb +. That may be why they couldn't recover the marlin. At least the buoys didn't implode.

George, what is the story of the marlin you found?

Jonah and the whale.

I think a 7.5mm shaft is a little heavy for a pipe gun. Otherwise looks like you got it narrowed down. The next thing I'd be concerned about is a comfortable ergonomic handle that will give you good leverage on the gun. And choose a gun that has a full stainless steel trigger mechanism housing/sear/trigger and stainless steel line release over one that doesn't. Flexibility with the shafts that it will accept is another thing to consider.

RA have a strong following, but they misfire and I've been a witness to it. This is the RA mech.

I would then consider the style of line release, side, top, bottom. Personal preference here.

Open or closed muzzle. Another personal preference. Although most experienced guys choose an open muzzle, some are still hanging on to the closed.

Then tube material, aluminum is cheaper and the gun will shoot just as hard. But carbon has a much nicer feel.

$8 Float Line Swivel 640 LB

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10mm at the widest part.

Not bad Seth. In a pinch you can use a zip tie for a similar effect, of course it's not nearly as streamlined. BTW I remembered I have those swivels if you need them. They're 640 LB if I remember right. They've been sitting around for 4 years, I forgot to put them in the store, as with a few other things..

Yeah those funky smook