I’ve been doing a lot of research into Hawaiian slings of late and, as a result, I just bought a new one from Ray Uppstrom who does business over at Hawaiian Sling.net… It’s a very nice sling. What sold me on this sling was that it was not quite the same old same as the …
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to my new Hawaiian sling set up and, as I tend to spear fish in deep water, I really needed to sort out a means of tethering the spear shaft to the sling. The problem of course, is a shooting line is going to add drag to the …
The other day I made the decision to get rid of my speargun and simplfy a bit. The driving force was not that I don’t like spearguns but simply the legal hassles and hoops you have to jump through when visiting places that take issue with them. Going triggerless just makes things easier… That said, …
Gat Ku has an excellent video on rigging your pole-spear for bigger fish using their slip tip (it’s what I use)…
Someone recently asked me about the Shaka breakdown carbon polespear from JBL Spearguns… To tell you the truth it does look kind of sweet, it’s well made, and it certainly packs down to a very stowable size. Carbon certainly has the advantage of a kiss more speed in delivering the business end to the intended …
Not the same old same Hawaiian sling… More info over at Headhunter Spearfishing.
Dustin from Gat-Ku shows their new take on rigging a pole-spear for blue water hunting…
Willow contemplates Lion Fish for dinner I just got a new pole-spear… I’ve been looking for a pole-spear for Lion Fish duties as well as something a bit lighter than my tried and true Ray Odor. When I heard that Mako was coming out with a new aluminum three-piece pole spear for not a lot …
I’ve always thought a lot of dive gear cost too much, especially spearfishing gear. Let’s take the humble spear head or tip as an example… … It’s your basic double barb spearpoint and this one will set you back nearly $40 (do I hear an ouch?). Now archery is a much bigger sport than spearfishing …
I mentioned a while back that I was thinking of buying a cheap short pole spear with a paralyzer tip to use as a dedicated Lion Fish tool… Thing is, while waiting for my new spear to come in, I have been working on a design that is a bit scaled down and even lighter …