Posts by hau

Dan---yes. It is possible because we just use the yaks to get to and from spearing spots.
I have towed spearos behind my yak several times to aid a swimmer to get out to where we were going to spear.
Many times once we are at a spot we will drop anchor and just swim around in the vacinity of the yaks while spearin. Most times once we get our gear on and jump in we almost never remove our spearin gear and paddle unless we are going to change reefs.
Once we start hunting we just lift our anchors off the bottom and swim towing our yaks behind us if we are moving up or down the reef.

I ALWAYS have a SPARE yak on the truck incase someone wants to go with us.

This is a just a reporting of Tin Mans new muzzle / spike.
I have logged 40hours in the water with the new muzzle and it works GREAT
Thank you Tin Man for another great design, keep them coming

Me and fishingdude at Dania pier from 830 til 3pm
fishingdude did great with his new bug toys He would work those coral heads clear down on the bottom and when a hog got curious and came around I'd drop down and shoot em :attack2:
We even double teamed a hog or two
I found a spot with dumb fish and lucked out and got 5 hogs, 2 muttons and 2 dogs
It stormed North of us, then West of us, then South and finally a big storm head formed East of us and we had to hoist anchors and flee for the pier. We made landfall just ahead of the storm surge :0
The incoming storm scared off all the beach buns but at least we got our gear rinsed off

At Meade St 1/2 day [late entry]
Begin at 830 am------------end at 1pm
Wind from SE at 5mph---fromS E at 8mph
Water temp 89F
Current from N at 1/2mph--same
Viz 35f in 35fsw--------25f in 25fsw
Seas less than 2f--------almost flat
Air temp 82F PC--------90F scattered

Me an Cesar and Steven at Meade St for 1/2 a day
I got 5 hog an 2 dogs
Steven got some more fish after we split up
Cesar spent a 1/2 hour trying to get a very nice black out from under a 14f coral head
The seas got flatter and less clouds as the day went on
It was very hard to stop spearin at noon
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Man what I wouldn't give to sit on my scupper pro in PR waters.
Congratulations on some very nice fish

At Meade St 1/2 day
Begin at 8 am------------end at noon
Wind from E at 5mph---from E at 6mph
Water temp 89F
Current from N at 1/2mph--same
Viz 35f in 35fsw--------25f in 25fsw
Seas less than 2f--------almost flat
Air temp 82F PC--------92F scattered

Me an BentShaftGarret at Meade St for 1/2 a day today
I got 5 hogs, 2 macs an 2 schoolmasters
Garret did ok also I think
The seas got flatter and less clouds as the day went on
It was very hard to stop spearin at noon

Found--yak paddle at Meade St.
Describe it correctly and it is yours.

Great thread idea Dan.

At Meade St for 1/2 day
begin at 8am---------------------end at noon
wind from E at 5mph------------from NE at 8mph
water temp 88F
current from S at 1/2 mph-----same
viz 25f in 25fsw-----------------same
seas less than 2f---------------same
air temp 82F PC----------------90F PC

Me and scott spearin for 1/2 day today
Scott got 4 hogs and I got 2
Viz was crap as soon as we got in the water:(
Beautiful spearin and beach buns day

"raging puss ay"

seriously, how r u trying to cock the bands?
what type of gun?
band size?
band stretch?

Meade St today
begin at 10am------------------------end at 6pm
wind from SE at 10mph-------------from W at 5mph
water temp 89F
current from N at 2mph-------------from N at 1/2mph
viz 60f in 40fsw----------------------25f in 25fsw
seas 3-4f------------------------------2f
air temp 84F PC----------------------92F Scattered clouds

Got a late start today due to testing at work
Stopped at the first reef to check on Cesar, beach spearo. He had 2 small macs and had just started.
I went to 2nd reef and limited out on hogs, 3 good macs, 1 schoolmaster and 4-5 small jacks
I watched a 5f eagle ray swim in to check me out

TONS of pink jelly fish. My face and hands are still swollen:(

Cesar had a "BIG" hammer head come in on him on the 1st reef and bit off his fish on a stringer at his flag float.
He said he got a big jerk on his float line and then saw the hammer make a full 360deg circle around him with his dive flag sticking out his mouth:0
Cesar had to quit an go in cause he had no flag /; float/ stringer after the attack

Very nice Dan. Thank you

At Meade Street to day
begin at 9am---------------------end at 530pm
wind from E at 10mph-----------from NE at 15mph
water temp 87F
current from N at 2 1/2 mph------from South at 1/2
viz 30+ f---------------------------20f
seas 2-3f--------------------------4 to 5f
air temp 87F----------------------982F cloudy

Me and Scott went out to the first reef as the seas and wind was rough.

Me, scott and cesar were at Meadse St. and I forgot to write it in
Viz shut us down at noon again
I got 4 first reef fish, cesar got 3times that

I had so much confidence in the new muzzle that I didn't put my spare gun in the yak.
I hit a mac today at the very end my shooting line with the new muzzle.
The sight picture is even better than the RA muzzle.
Today I discovered that when I let go of my LOADED RA that it just rolled over to shaft down position and just barely sinks perfectly flat in the water

Welcome to the dark side brother

Like on the Venom.

I'll pay for an Aimrite handle if you can buy one

Aimrite handle, Tin Man enclosed track CF lost wax 120cm barrel and Tin Man muzzle with spike. This could be THE sweetest pipe gun ever :hooray:

Tin Man---what handle are you planing to use with this new enclosed track barrel please?
Aimrite

Worked on my Tin Man muzzle this morning.
I put the muzzle in a vise and flattened down the line retaining pin to very good effect. Now when I invert the barrel and shake the gun the shaft doesn't fall away from the muzzle. I think the problem is almost solved. If the retaining pin were 1/4in longer it would be perfect. The location the pin is in the muzzle is perfect. The left / right heading of the pin is perfect. Just decrease the pin muzzle angle and lengthen the pin a little. With the pin angle decreased now, the pin captures the line much better AND presents a smoother surface for the line to slip past. Just my opinion

Forgot to mention that the spike works VERY good on fearless trigger fish that are determined to bite pieces off my speared fish as I pull them up

Hopefully well be back in the water tomorrow to retest the muzzle adjustment and have it perfected by this weekend to show off at the spearin tournament

Thanks Tin Man

edit== ANOTHER thing I forgot to mention is that the Tin Man muzzle is HEAVIER than the OM RA muzzle. For me this is a real advantage as the heavier weight muzzle helps to lessen muzzle flip on firing. Just like barrel weights on target guns. Maybe that is ONE of the reasons that the Tin Man muzzle shoots smother and seems to be more accurate.
Before changing to the Tin Man muzzle I scared a lot of fish trying to get closer. Now I'm getting ready to put my second band back on for those mac shots 20f away.

I'm not sure how best to change the retaining pin.
The simplest way for me is to just try to bend the pin down closer to the plane of the muzzle.
If I can get to a vice I'll try "adjusting" the pin down. I tried that already with a pair of vise grips but the OM construction is so good that the pin wouldn't bend.
If the pin is moved more forward I'm afraid that the string or mono angle will be to great and not want to stay in the groove in the front of the muzzle.

Another important factor for me is that the gun seems to shoot much smoother and quieter with the Tin Man muzzle. The OM RA open muzzle would hang up my QPower line so bad that from time to time the band and line would wrap up on shooting. the line would wrap up and jerk the band clear off the muzzle.:0
You can imagine what that did for accuracy:(

Sorry but I got to sleep now.