Posts by red tide

Quote from phil herranen

aimrite uses rubber stoppers (a very tight fit) .there is no need to worry about the amount of water that will enter threw the fibers it will never be measurable in the tube .thats just something engineers worry about, in the world of spearguns i have never found it to be a problem they just dont spend enuff time it the water
phil

Aimrite started doubble plugging my tubes because of the depths that I dive. Using a doubble plug and some 5200 will eliminate any problems that may occur from deep diving pressure.

I would scale and gut all of the fish to attract the Bull Shark with the Cobias. Shoot the Cobia off his belly and then get in the boat and drink a beer
Create the opportunity...Sieze the opportunity!!

Quote from Tin Man

I know I'm probably splitting hairs, but here's my take . . .

Different oils serve different purposes. In this case, you want the oil to reduce the heat due to friction, and to absorb some of the heat that is generated. But some oils (like motor oil) are formulated with additional additives that are intended specifically to prevent two metal surfaces from contacting. That's not optimal when you WANT the cutting edge to bite.

So while motor oil, WD-40, and many others will work a lot better than nothing, I find that pipe threading oil or a similar cutting oil works better still.

What Jeff said You need the drill bit to bite, not burn. Slow and steady will get the job done. It take patience or a lot of broken bits to drill a shaft.

Very nice!! It is such a suprise when a big Cubera gives you the go ahead.

All belts are too long for me because I have a 30 inch waist and only use 2lbs of weight

Half baked? How about extra crispy. Here hold my beer watch this.....

11 inches here. On Euro guns I use the 40 CM addition.

Here is a good one from the "Escuela Viejo"

Very beautiful gun. Euro gun builders are on a whole different level than US gun builders.

82 and up = 1.5 mil or rash guard
75 to 81 = 3mil two piece with hood
60 to 74 = 5 mil two piece with hood
below 60 = Suit an tie at the office (I hate cold water diving)

Cheerz

Quote from greekdiver

Was it a Rob allen, rabitech, Wong/Mako, Orca, or freedivers shaft? What is the diameter of shaft?

Maybe I've been lucky.

It was a Rob Allen 7.5 mm.

Quote from greekdiver

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Marco,

I have yet to bend a 7.5mm Rob Allen shaft. Granted, most of the fish i shoot are usually hurt a lot so they cant run to their full potential. I don't think i have shot a fish in the tail in a long time.

I bent one today on a 15 lb Yellow Jack. It was brand new. At lest it wont get rusty.:@

I can not find a loose thread or a split seam after 30 dive trips. These suits are the best value out there

Coated shafts are junk. Once the coating wears off you are shooting a rusty piece of metal through your dinner,:@
The tip and trigger notch are the first to rust and then the rest of the shaft where it slides down the track. 17/4 Spring Stainless that is properly hardend is the best shaft material on the market. Cheaper is not always better.
I prefer Astroglide on my shaft before any serious spearing.

I call BS on this story. Nobody has ever seen, caught or speared a yellowfin with in 150 miles of Clearwater Bay. This is just some clown cast netter with a fishhouse tuna.

Popcorn

You keep diving on my secrect spots this time of the year and you are going to run in to one of these. Good gun choice..That is an unloaded Aimrite 120 Super Venom hanging off my right arm.

I have had good luck with the Omer gear that I have owned. The Alien Mask is awesome.The rubber weight belt is perfectThe Floatline was greatThe Wetsuit Gloves are goodThe reels are good.
I have owned multiple OMER products over the years with good service. Many of my friends love their foot pockets and wetsuits. Mark has always been friendly to me at different tournaments even though I always used Brand X Guns. He and his dad are also big supporters of our sport.
Anyway, dive gear breaks and wears out. Not everybody has had the same results as I have with Omer. To each his own I say.

Quote from phil herranen

that depends on where you dive and if you let fish wrap it around a wreck or coral . i still have the first float line i ever bought ,its a riffe floatline i bought when at least 15 years ago it is still dry inside and is the line that is in my loaner gear box ,i have since switched to neptonics gear but if hadn't i would still be using it . poly starts starts getting beat after a couple months of light use . if you spend $10 on poly every 4 months
you will spend the same as buying a real line every year and a half to 2 years
phil

Phil,
I have bought several Riffe "Sink Lines" in the past. After a few trips they fill with water and sink. Maybe it is because of the depth I dive, the size of the fish I shoot, or just fact that I use my gear a lot. I now use Rob Allen or Neptonics float lines with no problems. They fray from time to time, but I just hit them with a lighter and they keep working. I know these lines do not work in the kelp, but here in Florida and in open Bluewater they work fine.

Larry was a good friend to many in our small circle. I sent him this e-mail a couple of weeks ago...

"Larry, my prayers are with you. You are a "Tough Guy" and I expect full well for you to beat this. Your own inner strength and the strength of your circle of friends will have you up and around in no time. These are not soft words but rather words for you to know that everything will be better in another couple of weeks. "Stay thirsty my friend and remember to drink Dos Equis" Hahahhah!! "

I was truely saddened by the news I received this morning. Cheers Larry