It's good to see Omer finally got a decent tester..
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Welcome mate.
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The wind is howling, the sets are double and triple overhead....so spent a hour on the gun.
I used a removable black Dacron braid to fair and shroud the GoPro and bracket from kelp fronds.The line has a knot the lays in a grove I filed into the bracket knob, the back shroud snaps into the rear of the handle with nylon push pin. I'll be re-spooling my reels with Neptronic's 1.75mm Grip line later this week.
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Marty Pasos died on Thursday. Pasos, 91, was the next-to-last surviving member of the Bottom Scratchers, a legendary freediving club from the 1930s that changed the sport of breath-hold diving and revolutionized the equipment used such as facemasks, fins and spearfishing guns.
Pasos’ wife, Lorna, had been at her husband’s side in recent days in hospice, according to Dan Walsh, who was known as the “Captain to the Bottom Scratchers,” and often took the pioneer freedivers on some of them on their bluewater adventures.
Pasos was the last of the members to be inducted into the famous and exclusive group that once numbered 20 and actually met for 72 years until 2005. James Stewart, chief diving officer emeritus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is the last surviving member of the legendary club. Others such as Glenn Orr, Bill Johnston, Jack Corbaly, Ben Stone, Bill Batzloff, Jack Prodanovich, Wally Potts, Bo Smith and Emil Habecker have passed.
“I had the honor of being Captain of the Bottom Scratchers for several
years on diving trips,” Walsh said. “It was always an adventure to see the contrast of dive gear they brought and used compared to what modern equipment
our younger passengers brought along to use. The ‘old guys’ always could swim circles around the newer breed of divers, and it was so much fun to see everyone together young and old enjoying what that ocean had to offer for us to see.”
Memorial plans are pending, Walsh said.
“I’m sure Marty’s love of flying and free diving will be a major part of whatever Lorna decides to do,” Walsh said. “My life was enriched by so many of the Bottom Scratchers members. It’s a sad day, but also a happy day for me knowing that Marty has now joined his pals Walrus (Jack) Prodanovich, Sand Dollar (Bill) Johnston, One Long Dive (Wally) Potts and the rest at the big free dive in the sky.”
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IMO none have come close to the preformance of the c4s , I havnt had the chance to try Speardivers yet , hopfully when Don Paul comes to San Diego I can try his ...
Joe.
You know what they say about BIG shoes......
Wait for it.....
BIG FEET.
Any time Joe
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Can it be our first? it was my best and favorite fish. I had a guy name Skip carry my biggest <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">
one up the cliff and I never saw him again.;)Cheers, Don
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My Speardiver C-90's meds are the best fins I've owned, my Mustang's were sold after I got them.
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Speaking of foxes....Happy Friday.
Crank up the amp.
Touch and Go - Straight to Number One (HD) - YouTube
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I just gut them and hope my certified weight is great enough. I give a fish no more then 2 hrs before it gets
it's guts fed back to the sea.Cheers, Don
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What a beast, congret's.
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Welcome mate.
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I agree one name is easier. I can't sit with one ass on two chairs, if non spearfishing freedivers get turned off by the sound of Speardiver so be it.
Cool.... I now have ''collector'' fins and wet suit
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Great story headbanger;) glad you didn't go out. That brown suit looks bitchin .
Nice fish too.Cheers, Don
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Too funny...I like it.
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