Root canal
oh nooo!
I just got back .....F = uck bit my tongue. and the shots are waring off.:@
Back later.
Posts by Don Paul
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We shot that in 1988, I tell a story tonight after my Root Canal.:(
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Doe's the material float in salt water?
Cheers, Don Paul
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Welcome Carlos....I great bunch of guys here, I can't wait to come to Florida a dive with some of the cool guys Ive met here.
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I'll try to post some Speardiver Carbon Fin feedback before I head to baseball...
I using a foot pocket from Dan, that is the newer version 44/46 H.Dsssault 100% latex workhorse.
The pockets are matched to Pursuit Carbon med stiffness blades secured with quality black zip ties instead
of machine screws or tapping screws. This makes over torque of the metal fasteners and blade interface a non issue that I like.I am 5' 11'' at 190lbs and have been swimming against strong currents in open seas for over thirty years.
When I dive offshore from a anchored boat hooked behind a sea mount with strong current, ( no current...
no fish) ... I need to be able to swim up hill all day and dive to depth up to xxxx feet.;)To be Cont....
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I can so see that happening, me putting the rods away after my first speared fish.
I still fish with my ten year old boy, but as soon as I'm on a boat I want to be getting wet with my gun in my hand.
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She's a dog.
I've been racing this water dog all day..... all I can say is Dan's Carbon blades Rock !
Six non stop hrs ( except fluids;)) of over unders and the dog never beat me.
Baseball ..... report later.
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Don Paul - No, this housing of LunkerBuster's is all I have to look at.
I take some images tonight after work if someone doesn't beat me to it.
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Jeff do you have any old Nikonus camara lens you could look at ? They use one O ring and a bayonet type mount system.
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Welcome Ricky, Thank you for your service to our country. I began skin diving in a cold Conn. lake with
a broom handle . Carp were the only fish allowed, I put a few in my garden but went back to my fly rod
within a year. I can't believe I did not know how to equalize me ears at 9 years old and endured allot of pain. Divers are so lucky to have a forum like this with a great bunch of guys to learn from.
Enjoy your journey into our underwater world, it is a beautiful place.
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I'll see if I can find it. It was a situation where the shaft did not fully clear the muzzle and bands. Ironically, one of the halibut in this thread also tangled but I am so use to it happening I just instinctively release the gun and work the floatline. I have not had a wsb tangle yet this year.
Thanks Mike, my gun does not do it but some guys in another thread here have it, causing them issues.
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I know TTIWWOP but If you put a short sleeve of vinyl tubing over the first 10' of poly it will help it
not wrap your fins or ankles. I really dislike soft high flexible drag lines. I still use the Tuna cord sealed vinyl
ones Terry Mass and I built 30 years ago with 3/8'' tubing, we coil them in 3 foot coils to stow on the gun rack.
Each diver leaves the boat from port or starboard. Four diver per trip max.
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Mike sorry for the side track trying to find the video for the flaty that line wrapped your bands ?
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What causes the shooting line to get tangled in the bands? This only happens once in a while but it can put you in a bad situation quick. I recently lost a $1,000 gun that I had to let go of at 80 feet. #$%^^^:angry5:
What brand of gun was it ?
Cheers Don
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The worst case Is with muzzles and metal wish bones that go in to notch's and can hang just as the last foot of shaft leaves the muzzel forming a bow tie shape. I went and picked up some of my film to copy to digital so I can share it with the members here in the future.
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Stop the action @ 00:43. See the band rise over the muzzle and out of the way?
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Here is one Harry has most likely seen. I try to find a close up from another one as the shot goes off.
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I'm guessing this problem has to do with the material the shooting line is made of. I've always used 400lb mono and never had this happen even once. I think 400lb mono is too stiff to tangle, the bands/wishbones will push it rather then mix with it.
Mine did it 3 times in a row with 400 lb Jinki. I've seen it happen to guys after a fresh band shorting.
When I went in search of the Black Marlin record in La paz, I shot wire rope and 5 5/8 band on Double
Trouble. I rigged a band retention bridle that I used on my 72'' Negro Modelo gun.
I'll draw up a diagram Thurs after baseball. it stops the wishbones after it leaves the shaft but makes reloading a little more of a hassle. Big Black Marlin are worth it though.My double has never done it, even on shots 6' of the tip, I remember swimming down and grabbing my buddy
thirty feet down when he wrapped the bands on a tuna shot and would not let go of the gun.:@
Cheers, Don
