Holy shit fishingdude how many groupers did you get?
Posts by Dan
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I hope he was wearing his Pursuit wetsuit if there are photos
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Leader fiberglass blades are slow, performance is only a little better than plastic. Slow means that when you flex them and release they go back to straight with less force/slowly/have little snap, and that equates to less propulsion. You can test this out of the water flexing the blade between your hands. The blades are narrower than ideal and the footpocket rails on them don't work well, they're just the water channeling rails cut down and do not fit into the footpocket tendons properly. This means the footpocket tendons don't have a secure grip on the blade edges.
Leader carbon blades are decent when considering the price, $160 at the Freedive Store. They are a tad faster than a good fiberglass blade. They have the same narrow configuration, and the same issue with the rails as the Leader fiberglass fins. To fix this I sometimes remove the Leader footpocket rails and install Speardiver rails. The soft Leader carbon blades are too soft and do not provide adequate propulsion. With a soft blade is where the difference between a high quality carbon blade and an economy carbon blade like Leader becomes apparent, a quality carbon blade maintains its snap with the soft stiffness. The hard Leader carbon blades are too stiff.
The new Leader Alga/camo carbon blades incorporate a layer in the blade that creates the camo effect. This layer takes away from performance of the blade, it makes it perceptibly slower. I would not sacrifice performance for the camo look.
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Very very cool, thank you for sharing. Makes me think there's lot's of fishing pressure in those areas.
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Don't want to get into a polemic here, but I've heard many different opinions. Carps are good eating or you shoot them for fun? How do you cook them?
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Marco, stop inventing record categories just so you can post your pics <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Nice hoos.
Pirate Dave, what kind of polespear are you using?
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Candela!!
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Actually I am
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Looks good!
Please bring it when you come over.
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I looked at the speed loading kit a long time ago and only remember my conclusion, not the reasons for it. Simply put I would never change my current setup and it consists of mono (400lb in my case) connected to the shaft via a rear tab and wrapped around the line release with no slack.
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True, I have the feeling they will be like hogfish. Can anyone confirm? They're wrasses right?
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Which speargun are you using?
I don't think that speed loading kit is for freedivers.
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That's not a freaking quote, it's a religious statement. We don't have a politics and religion section here. Why don't you just call me as usual? <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
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The longer I wait the less work I have to do
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That was very considerate of you to resize the pics fuzz, thanks. I wish everyone would do the same.
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what are some of the things you want the wood and the float to do?
This shall be revealed in time
Essentially I need a material that's easy to cut and glue.This is not a board type float.
Approximately how much would a solid piece of balsa the size of the 11L Rob Allen float weigh? I suspect this is going to be too heavy. Maybe wood wasn't a good idea.
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Thanks. I thought Balsa would be too soft.
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Which would be the best wood, the main factor being lightness, to make a float from? Durability in saltwater is a bonus although it's most probable that the wood will be sealed with epoxy or varnish.
