The Waterway blades achieve correct flex by slicing off overlapping layers from the bottom of the blade in a specific pattern. This is a precise and cost effective way to control the thickness and consequently the stiffness and flex of the blade. At this time tooled fiberglass blades such as the waterway do not come with a built in angle. I think they're good durable fiberglass blades, just the lack of angle makes them more difficult to use.
The Edge blades appear to use a criss cross fiberglass layup, as seen in the first pic, to achieve graduation and a flex pattern. This criss cross layout doesn't seem to be as good for the purpose of creating flex in the blade as the stepped layout, probably because it doesn't allow a gradual decrease in stiffness nor precision of where the flex points are going to be. When flexing the blade by putting pressure on the front tip the whole blade curves in a linear fashion, as if it was a solid piece of fiberglass. In the case of the edge blades it is the additional support of the footpocket tendons at the back of the blade, which creates somewhat of a flex pattern.
The angle of the Edge blades is significantly less than the DiveR. I didn't measure it but it appears to be the standard 20 degrees or about there. I didn't pursue taking a closer look at the edge blades because when I saw that the correct flex was not present I lost interest in them.
As evident in the picture of the translucent blue blade below (same blade as the camo in the previous post just different color) it's made by bonding together layers of fiberglass of different lengths in a stepped fashion to create a gradual decrease in thickness and consequently stiffness from the back of the blade to the front. This decrease in stiffness is what creates correct flex in the blade. Like a fish's tail that is thick at the base and thin at the outer edge. This method of creating flex in the blade works well in the DiveR. You can test the flex pattern by putting up and down pressure on the front tip of the blade and watching the curvature. The curve should be more pronounced at the front rather than be the same throughout the length of the blade.
A significant difference between the DiveR and other blades is the angle, by far it is the biggest at 30 degrees. The blade is robust and appears well put together and durable. It's built like a heavy work horse. The camo pattern is pleasing to me personally as it seems to match well with our often murky greenish reefs. The rails are the same throughout the length of the blade. That is to say the same rail that fits into the footpocket tendons is the one that provides water channeling. When I first saw this I thought it was going to be a problem because I'm used to wider water channeling rails.
My last three dives I've been using the DiveR blades. First thing I did is take off the mermaid logo which came off cleanly, it's just a sticker. The blades fit well into my generic footpockets which are sporasub copies. I reshaped the back edge of the blade to have rounded corners, and was then able to push the blade about 1cm deeper into the footpocket. Before that the back edge had a square cut.
Nice, thanks.
Good story Davie. Where the hell is Kris diving?
hau, I can't speak for Sergio but for me the triggers are just there. Sometimes they give you a shot and other times they don't. These ones seemed new on the block so to speak and were ignorant. But they learned fast and the last one of the first group I saw I believe got the message after I picked off his 2nd companion. On those first two fish I got, because I wanted a 2nd one for sure, I left the 1st trigger on the shooting line until I shot the next one. But it was just to save time and not to lose track of the rest. Other than that I just put them on the stringer.
To avoid bites the first thing I do is cut across the mouth. I figured out yesterday that I just can't find the kill spot in their heads even if I take my time. These fish are very hardy and just don't die. I decided then that from now on I will kill them by gutting. From the anal hole and up the side of the stomach. Then I string the trigger through the eyes. If the mouth is not cut do not string through the eyes but rather through the gills and out the mouth. I use a stainless steel cable stringer.
hau, where have you been?
I think it's time to get rid of the chum bag 
ive never missed so many fish in 1 day
That's how felt. I actually hit them but not good enough. Like a nice mutton that came up in the water column on my very first dive then went back down and I had to give chase. I thought it was a mangrove at first because it wasn't on the bottom. I didn't have much air on that first dive and had to take a long shot. I did hit him but it was too high and he tore off. That, the kingfish, a nice mackerel and other misses.
The viz was f'n awesome. The kind of blue that makes you happy to be in the water. Later in the day and further south there was more particulate in the water. But on the way back to the inlet from the speeding boat you could clearly see the bottom of the 2nd reef. I was not cold in a 3mm suit as far as temperature.
There was all kinds of fish movement that I would categorize as mid water fish. Mackerels, bonito, lots of triggerfish. I shot at a large mackerel looking thing that could've been a king, but it was a long shot and I hit him in the tail so he tore off. He'll make it, I didn't break anything judging by his escape run. I stopped shooting triggers after 3 but could've taken a lot more. There were muttons around too. Overall I'd say the fish are back.
The day started out with flat seas judging by the webcam. By the time Pantoja, Guille, Alan and myself were on the way with the boat the wind picked up and dark clouds formed. This is what it looked like as we anchored at our first spot.
Alan was stoic in the face of the oncoming storm 
2-3ft waves formed. We braved the elements and continued diving through the thunderstorm and rain that inevitably caught up with us. Actually I thought I'll be safer in the water than on the boat considering the lightning, and I don't mind diving in the rain. After about an hour the storm passed, the wind subsided and the sea turned to glass.
At some point we saw the coast guard doing maneouvers with the helicopter lowering what looked like a harness. We came closer to see what was going on because we thought it might have been a real situation.
It was a short day because Pantoja had things to do and we were finished by noon. I knew the day was complete when I saw Pantoja was bleeding from a triggerfish bite
The catch.
Something was wrong with Alan <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Pantoja with his fish.
Alan posing with fish that aren't his..
And getting what he deserves <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Yours truly with MY fish.
When I met up with you at the beach I was glad you didn't pick me up at the house like you said you would <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">
Ocean triggerfish is already there under "other". And I have a pic of the incident you're referring to!
By the way Dan, looked at the beach cam...... beautiful day
I would probably be diving today if it wasn't for still not having received my Ft Lauderdale resident free parking card.
85-%90 is very good. Yes viz is unpredictable. How can it be predictable when I've seen it change drastically over the course of one diving day.
Rolo and seaweed, using your methods how accurately can you make a prediction the evening before the diving day?
I've had it with trying to plan my diving with the weather forecast. When I lived in Canada I spent some time trying to figure out how accurate the weather forecast is. Summer is very short there so it was important to plan activities ahead of time. After observing the relationship between the forecast and what actually happens I figured out that the forecast is simply useless. It's useless because they're wrong %50 of the time. If they were wrong %100 of the time then you can just plan on the opposite but this is not the case. So I gave up on the forecast.
Seeing as how the marine forecast is theoretically more important, unforeseen bad conditions can have a very serious effect, I thought it would be more accurate. After keeping an eye on the marine forecast over the last couple of years I came to the realization that it is not. Take today for example. Yesterday the forecast said it was going to be like 3-5ft waves. Today they changed it and it's presently this:
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North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet near shore and up to 5 to 7 feet in the Gulf Stream. Intracoastal waters a light chop.
Still nothing like what you see in the pic. And based on yesterday's conditions I thought that it might just be this way today. Funny thing is that yesterday's prediction was accurate. So again it's about %50 accuracy which is nowhere near as useful as checking the webcam first thing in the morning and deciding if I'm going diving right then and there.
I'll think about weighing myself again, thanks fuzz.
Weird music, "beautiful freek" and "my monster and me". I recognize the second song from Shrek.
I guess that was Victoria, Australia? Was that their version of a nurse shark?
