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Originally Posted by Old Man Dave
Never used a trident head much myself but some people swear by them especially for use on fish in caves/holes. The "mac" ones are suposed to be the dogs what'sit's. Expensive though, I think. Seen them in use on a DVD and the term "paraliser" certainly seems apropriate.
Dave
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MATC tridents (blend between tahitian and multiprong) are very effective for bassing in low viz conditions and fish up to 5kg, IMO esp. with a 70cm airgun (tridents need a lot of propulsion). The French - not yet introduced to the benefits of airguns
- use 75/90cm arbaletes with 20mm bands.
A grouper of the size Azapa lost, however, will twist and terribly deform the prongs on a MATC (EUR50 down the drain).
In the 80ies when airguns were still more widely used in Italy than band-guns, some Pros adopted screw-on mutliprongs (5 or 6 dents) for cave hunting groupers. Strategie: shot it in the head, retrieval of the paralyzed grouper by pulling on the two openings on the multiprong-base that assist loading, removal of the multiprong from the shaft (still sticking in the grouper's scull), installation of a new mutliprong, next victim ... not my cup of tea.
Cheers, ulysses
