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Below it's a copy-paste from Bill's story I was impressed by: shows me that we european spearos have a lot to learn from americans. Slip tip, co2 cylinders, the spare float on your belt are all things that we don't use over here. I can tell that most of my buddies, friends and clubmates have never heard about those things.
From Bill's story:
<<Finally the fish seemed to have tied up. I was praying that it wasn't on the bottom, which was probably at 50 to 60 feet, because after 5 months out of the water, I am hardly in shape to be down there in low vis trying to deal with it, but at least I knew there was always Willie for a backup. I kept tension on the line and dove to cut some kelp a couple of times until it seemed that I was finally straight over the fish. I put on some pressure and got some line back until it finally came to a halt. I took my Riffe double popper float off my belt and orally inflated it to attach to the reel line and keep tension on while I dove. I could have used one of the CO2 cylinders, but I wanted to save them in case I ended up having to dive and put the float on the slip tip cable to help me get the fish out.

About that time, Jeff had jumped into the water and showed up to help, so I felt a lot more secure. He held the line at the surface while I tried to calm down and breath up. When I dove, I was delighted to find that the fish was not all that deep, and I was able to brain it and bring it up all in one dive. I attached the float to the slip tip cable, then detached the shooting line from the reel line, and Jeff went off and found the gun and reeled the line back on before we set out for the boat. I sure was glad I had given myself that pep talk and gone back in the water for that last try.>>