Posts by Dan

Hill raiser, what do you mean by "jack up carbon fins"? damage them?

There are a lot of misconceptions about fins in general and carbon fins specifically. In the case of Pursuit carbon fins durability is not an issue. Another one being that carbon will benefit you only if you dive deep. Carbon is great for surface swimming, it's so light and fast you don't get nearly as tired as you would with plastic fins, and we all swim on the surface regardless of how deep we dive. Size 13 foot is not something to be concerned about when it comes to footpockets. If I were to make a footpocket recommendation I'd ask for your actual foot length anyways.

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Where is the other band or you only shoot with one band? What size band is that?

Matt did say he broke a band. I guess Hatch invests more into the other parts of the gun.

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IMO- PFI and FII recommend Waterway plastic fins because of their arrangement( selling product) with that manufacturer and he does not make carbon blades.

You probably meant to say fiberglass not plastic, and I think you may be right. It's pretty lame, from the end user's point of view, that being in a position of trust PFI and FII recommend an obsolete fin.

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@ Dan, my Avantix 3's are open heels, started using those when my feet got too big lol. i wear a sz14 shoe and my foot measurement is 13 x 4-3/4

I had someone here with large feet. His foot measurements were 12" x 4.5". He said he wears shoe size 14-15. If you wear size 14 shoe I don't understand how your actual foot length can be 13"? The omer 46-48 footpockets fit him well.

I corrected the first link.

So this is only in Hilsboro beach, and from what I understand it's not a general ban on this sort of activity, rather a stop order is issued on a per case basis. I hope this sets a precedent. I remember when they were doing it in Hollywood, the water was white for months.

The link is not working.

Is this where they pump up sand from the sea to make the beach bigger? Terrible to f*ck around with nature like that, I'm all for it being shut down. Look at the wording they use to make it sound less obtrusive "renourishment".. a-holes.

Don't get a solid aluminum polespear. Don't get a prong, use a single flopper or a slip tip.

For me a sling work better than a polespear. You can easily make it yourself and there's not much to think about design.

That's some good advice Don, thanks.

You'll have to wait and see if it happens again. If it does it's probably motion/sea sickness.

A white seabass with a spear injury.

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Got out on Monday looking for a little Valentine to be mine and convinced this flattie to come home with me. Followed it up the next morning with a WSB. This white had 2 huge wounds (One on each side) but was getting around pretty good considering. Felt compelled to cull him out of the herd.

Looking forward to it.

The housing would have to be wider, at least on top. Making the housing wider IMO negates the advantage of being able to attach the mono at the back of the shaft. The idea of a gun with line attached to the back of the shaft is that it's a compact simple gun. To accommodate a robust wider mech housing the gun will require some well thought out design changes if it's going to remain light and compact. But if you can come up with a mech design that will keep the housing the same size, I think it will be very appealing.

That one is just as deep.

Those hybrids jump. I don't like them, and I spent exactly one dive to know I will not get used to that kind of gun. It was a Wong hybrid, and it looked pretty simple to me for all the hoopla. I'm only saying this so maybe you can save some time, and not think it's you not using the gun correctly.

Me gusta ese refran

Could be tostones (fried squashed plantains) very Cuban yumm.

He's a beauty. Good times.

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Marco, thanks for the good words.

Through the grapevine I know that many C4 fins get returned for warranty to one of the few local dive shops that carries them, having been broken. How many guys do you know that use C4 fins other than yourself? Our own monster slayer broke the C4 fins http://spearfishing.world/fins…fixing-carbon-blades.html

This is not to say that carbon fins from other manufacturers don't break. But C4s break consistently and this is well known.

RA mechs/spearguns have been known to misfire with just two 16mm bands. I witnessed it once, and was told about other times. It's a plastic mech. I was wondering the same thing as Jarey.