Posts by Don Paul

  • Hello there

    Hi Aaron, welcome mate. I used to live near the CC pier years ago, and dive the rocks outside. Now the fish are happy with all the kelp. ( except the one slowing the current south).


    Sorry about the gun mate, that sucks to lose such a fine vintage piece, even worse if you have killed a bunch of fish with it, but keep the faith brother,


    Cheers, Don


    PS Is the finish on the gun in good condition? or is it oiled, the oiled gun will take a dive once the wood is soaked after a few days.
    Metal of line wishbones? I'll watch Craig's List .

  • Lost Gun

    That sucks, with the prevailing current it could be south of Cottons by now, depending on the shaft and reel it
    could be just barely bobbing. I would post a reward on BD before the holiday weekend.


    Don

  • Wolf eels

    I don't think I have the balls to shoot one, I have only had the sushi bar ones. Beautiful cove there mate.


    Cheers, Don

  • Switched to a 6.5 mm shaft

    What I was alluding to is: All steels have basically the same modulus of elasticity and are all equally stiff.
    Heat treating ( precipitation hardening steels) will not make a shaft harder to bend but will change it's yield strength before permanent deformation....as in... dat flecken big Gropa pretzel'd me shaft.:@
    Fat spear shafts( greater cross section) (of the same material) are stiffer then their thinner counter parts.


    P.S. I've shot a shite load of fish up to 50# with 1/4'' spring steel shafts, my first ones were made of Maraging heated steel.
    Cheers, Don

  • Switched to a 6.5 mm shaft

    Quote from hank

    But the difference is, you can choose to use the Ferrari (1/4") but on your way home, your buddy's F350 is broken down and you have to tow him.

    No you don't....your in a Ferrari, head to the swankest strip club in town...park up front and head for the table dances. Your friend can get his broken truck on the hook tomorrow^^.


    Now while I'm on the whiskey... Viagra may make a steel shaft stiffer, heat treating will not. ;) for that ....
    you want greater cross section.:thumbup: Yeah Baby.


    Cheers, Don

  • Switched to a 6.5 mm shaft

    I shoot 1/4, 9/32, 6.75mm, 7mm, 5/16, only 3/8 in Baja, like bullets they all need different power depending on the barrel length and prey. I have no favorites, they are just tools, I have lot of them.


    They remind me of cars.1/4'' Ferrari Fast but high maintenance, not good for towing shite.(400#mono):(
    3/8'' Mercedes S class, fast when hi powered, but once moving...keeps moving and it can go though a wall.^^ (will tow a F-250 if you have a hitch)....500# mono and wire rope)^^.


    Cheers, Don

  • New Danish Hybrid in the Works

    Henrik, are there any hobbie/RC plane stores near you to procure 1mm carbon fiber sleeve, to lam to the end of the tube being fit into the wood? That Meandros reverse mech looks great, I just went to Dan's site to check it out....nice addition to the store Dan.


    Cheers, Don

  • PV Shark Watch

    Quote from ladvr

    Epic shark watching this morning. Two GWS in the surf zone. The larger shark hassled a few people out of the water. Bay watch was out on ski's informing surfers that tourniquets are available at the lifeguard towers. It looks like the next two days will also be good. Small swell, good viz and sunshine make it easy to spot them from the surface.


    Want to borrow my long spotter rig, but it is set up for a banjo Canon mount.


    Cheers, Don