Posts by Dan

Hialeah, that's how we roll <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I've edited hau's and a couple of other posts.

Hialeah, that's how we roll <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Very interesting, great vid. The fish looked unhappy. and yeah that's some nice reef.

Maybe Pantoja will chime in and say if it was difficult to shoot. I didn't ask him for the story because I didn't anticipate the fish being such good eating.

Pantoja shot a good size rainbow runner today. I've never eaten one before so I asked him for part of the fish to try. I was really surprised, it was excellent, either raw dipped in soy sauce and lime, or lightly coated with fish seasoning and fried. Since Marco is always joking about this fish I never took it seriously, keep in mind I don't come from a hook & line fishing background and I can't remember having seen this fish when diving, or maybe I didn't pay attention to it thinking it's just another dark fleshed jack. Anyways The rainbow runner will be one of my preferred targets from now on.

Welcome Max. Thanks for telling a little about yourself.

I was at Sports authority a couple of days ago and saw a small yellow sit-on-top kayak for sale, for around $120. It's smaller than anything I've ever seen in a store here before. At 6ft not quite as small as one of those tiny sit-in white water kayaks but small enough to make a reasonable float. With some dexterity an average size person could probably climb and sit on top of it, although I think it may be made for kids. But for sure you could pull half your body out of the water and rest on it.

There's not enough internal volume for storage if you were to put hatches in it, maybe small stuff. But the top has a nice depression and a bungee net and straps could be adapted easily for fish and gear storage. I'm sure it has a lot of flotation and reasonable drag. Anyways just an option for an almost ready float for someone willing to experiment. If I was shore diving more I'd go for it. When I remember the name of the yak I'll try to find and post a pic.

Is there any beach diving off Boca Raton? pm me if you know.

hau, do you sit it out in the yak or keep diving?

One is wearing black stilettos to the beach, hmm...

Can't the hole be sealed and the screw shortened? Using the same stuff Rambo used to weld his housing.

You've outdone yourself

A picture is worth a thousand words..

and correction, looks like I'm still using the simple loop knot for the float line. However you can see the blue Uniknot between the gun and the snap.

I didn't post any pics of a Polypropylene line.

What knot?

Thanks for the the well written report and the wetsuit review fuzz.

:stars6: for the B pose interpretation. I know how difficult it can be to pull one off, it always takes us a few tries because it's hard to keep from cracking up <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">

Safe to say the foul up occurs when the bands continue over the muzzle and down under the gun. May have something to do with the looseness of the bands in the band slot/holes. I would imagine that if the bands are loose in the hole they're more free to twist and travel under the gun. I prefer individual holes for the bands, because then I can keep them small enough that the bands never change position in the hole, ie. one side doesn't become longer than the other. It may also have the beneficial effect of stopping the bands from rotating over the muzzle and under the gun. However I've used Riffes for a long time and they have one slot for all the bands, and I never had a tangle.

It's true don't trust a carabiner. The only one I trust is a quick link or this one that I started using recently.

For a float line any polypropylene rope will do. As far as what's ideal I like a 3 strand tight weave, such as an old RA orange line that I have. However I noticed that more recent lines from RA are different, I can't remember how different exactly, maybe less strands or a different weave. Home Depot has a yellow polypropylene rope that will do in a pinch but I don't like it very much because it's a looser weave.

Here's a comparison I did once between the RA line and some clothes line I bought at a camping store, the blue camping store line had more strands. Of course I didn't count every strand, just the minimum amount that would allow me to multiply to get the total number per line.

I see no reason or need for a tube style float line in our waters. The foam filled float line is good if you're going to be employing the cordelero method where one diver pulls up another. This thicker rope is simply more comfortable on the hands, but is no good for spooling.

I'm working right now on sourcing a good Polypropylene rope. It's a simple item but is better when you get the right one. I'd like to check out Steven's suggestion at Basspro.

I secure the float line to a quick link or the other snap I mentioned with a uniknot, although for a long time I've used a simple loop knot without a problem.

Thanks Jeff. In this picture, the O ring sitting in the housing, is that an original one that comes with the housing or one that you adapted?

My shooting line is also relatively tight on the line release. But I can't see how it would be a factor. I think the most important thing to analyze why this happens is measure exactly at what point on the line the bands get caught.

Beautiful effort Jeff. Can you please show a pic of the parts side by side in order of installation?

Do you think these small screws provide enough gripping strength to compress the O ring adequately?

Is there any possibility to make the lens out of glass?

Do you have an estimated price for the complete kit? I'm hoping it works