Posts by Dan

Really? Go to the nearest dive store specializing in freediving gear, grab any of those $500 new durable carbon fins (which ones are they exactly?), walk up to the counter with it and stand in front of shop owner, then bend them like I do mine touching the front edge to the back, or put them on the floor and walk on them with your shoes, let me know if you had enough time to hear snap crackle pop before the shop owner tackled you.

I love to see this kind of work, it reminds me of Cuba where I started spearfishing. For a long time I wanted to do a big writeup with pics about all the creative things they do in Cuba to be able to dive. Thanks for sharing tinu.

The patches on the fin remind me of the Cuban repair shops where they fix punctured car tire inner tubes. They use a hot plate salvaged from an electric iron to bond the patch.

I'm interested in the mask/last pic. If you can tell me what brand it is.

Good explanation, thanks.

Don, I can put on the logo for you in white or holographic. I can also make it bigger. Just get me a pic of the preferred holographic color, maybe like the ones below? If this is something that people want I'll offer it as an option. Let me know fast so I can order the material.

Quote from Marco

I don't know. I don't like it... One wrap is more than enough. I never shoot that far. Not even when BWH.

Dear Marco, but what fun would it all be if you did like it

Glad you got out.

Is there going to be a thread with pics?

How ya' doing John?

I'd go with thinner mono if it will fit rather than the Q powerline. Maybe a 7mm shaft will go in with the 400lb mono, is the RA shaft 7.5mm?

Another thing that can be done is drill a hole in the shaft ahead of the notches for shooting line attachment. Or put a dog house on the shaft. Or use a shaft with full size fins one having a hole for the shooting line.

It's the minimum fish sizes at 12", 14, 16, 20, 22, 24, 28, 33.

Congratz.

Thanks for posting about them G.R.

These are the fins.

So what's the story?

Now my range is what it would've been with one wrap of line (15ft) plus 4ft, for a total of 19ft from the gun tip or 26ft from my eye. Decent range I think and about the max that I should be able to hit consistently. If I find that I can't then I'll just reposition the 2nd anchor for less line. The line wrapping is fast and easy, and I don't see any drawbacks to this way of rigging. Thanks again Davie and John for providing me with the solution.

The anchor is just some ss wire bent into that shape. I drilled the holes into the stock at the angle you see the anchor protruding from the wood. I made the holes a hair smaller than the wire. The wire was also not perfectly straight, so being hammered into the hole made it grab better. I dabbed some epoxy into the holes to seal them. The way it is it would be very difficult if not impossible to pull the anchor out with pliers.

Did you put a motor on your yak Steven?

Same here LOL Taking the time to work on my gun.

I rigged the gun as Davie and John suggested, with the extra anchor, I like it. To add range just decide how much more you need past one wrap of line then divide that in half and measure this distance down the stock from the line release. I chose 4ft and so put the 2nd line anchor 2ft away from the line release on the bottom of the gun. Wrapping the line this way is faster than two complete wraps because I don't have to reach all the way to the main line anchor. The 2nd anchor gives me a reference point when I'm gripping the gun because it too is pretty close to the center. I can see no disadvantages and no reason why not to stick with it. I think a 2nd anchor can be glued on a pipe gun if the base is curved and has enough surface area, it's not going to bear that much load.

I rigged my gun moving the line anchor back to reduce the length of the shooting line. To bring the range down to 1.5 wraps the line anchor/bungee/swivel/pigtail snap assembly ends up exactly at the center of the gun. That is where I like to grip the gun most of the time and it's unacceptable to me to grip all that stuff. I thought of getting rid of the bungee assembly but the pigtail snap is essential for those times where the spear can't be extracted from the fish any other way but unclipping the shooting line from the gun. The swivel is useful too if a fish twists up the line. The bungee I can do without but then it's a problem connecting the swivel to the line anchor and the swivel/pigtail snap are still at the center of the gun. So this way is out for me. My next try is to use a second line anchor for the second wrap. I'll post back on how that goes.

That was my favorite time as well diving in Cuba, even if just for a couple of hours. But only because of my lazy nature. I don't like to wake up early, and the urge to dive kicks in strong when the heat of the day starts. Still it seemed to me that there was good fish to be had at that time. Of course for the spearo who sells his catch this doesn't work well, as there's much to do after getting back.

After reading tinu's post I have to say it again. Jeff, that's the prettiest gun I've seen you make. Looks like there weren't any mistakes/oversights, it soothes the perfectionist nature.

A long day, you got back after dark?

Beautiful hog.