Cammo for spearguns

[Bill McIntyre]

Originally Posted by icarus pacific

And it's important we know this because...?

Sorry to have bored you and taken up your time.

You didn't need to know it at all, but I guess it said it because I had earlier mentioned that I didn't think camo mattered, so I was just proving that it didn't matter even if it was free.

I'll try not to make non-essential comments in the future.

[icarus pacific]

You miss the point, dull as it was, Bill. Your input is always appreciated, almost as much as on Spearboard. I'm sure they wanted to hear of your luck as well.

[Bill McIntyre]

There didn't happen to be a current thread on camo spearguns on Spearboard, so the fact that I had turned down a camo paintjob was not timely there.

[Bill McIntyre]

Originally Posted by icarus pacific

You miss the point, dull as it was, Bill. Your input is always appreciated, almost as much as on Spearboard. I'm sure they wanted to hear of your luck as well.

In the last few hours, I've been puzzling about the Spearboard comment. It seemed typically sarcastic, but I just couldn't understand where is it was coming from.

Then I thought of a possibility. A bit earlier, someone had lamented the lack of Southern California information and asked that a Newport to San Diego forum be created. Since there are very few people on this list posting about Southern Calfornia diving, it didn't seem very practical to expect that a Newport to San Diego forum be established, so I listed a url for the Southern California forum of Spearboard.

I'm guessing that referencing another board was considered bad form, so I'm going to respond on the assumption that this was indeed what prompted your out-of-left field Spearboard comment.

I frequent four different boards, and each has its strengths and weaknesses in term of coverage. I'm not much into rivalry for market share among those boards, so I post to each of them when the spirit moves me.

This board has its strengths, but finding out what happened here on opening night of lobster season last weekend is not among them. You are not likely to hear how the yellowtail are running at San Clemente Island or Catalina Island either. On this board, you can find out more about diving in the Red Sea than about diving in SoCal. The few times I've posted local trip reports on this board, they didn't seem to be met with much interest, so I decided to post them where they might be of value to the readers. No hard feelings- I don't expect people living in the UK or around the Red Sea to really care about SoCal reports, but I know that people living in SoCal do care.

So when this guy expressed interest in getting more info on SoCal diving, I didn't think he could get it here, so I gave him a place to find it. I bet there are well over 100 posts per day in the CA forum of Spearboard.

On the other hand, this board has loads of posts about pure freediving, and I have no interest in all in that subject. But when someone asks a freediving question on Spearboard (where the emphasis is on SPEARING), I, along with others, often refer them to this board as a place to get better information. Its not a matter of playing favorites, but just trying to assist people in finding the best place to get their questions answered.

So, with that explanation of my guess at the motivation for the Spearboard comment, and with that explanation of my rationale for posting as I do, here is the question.

Are we supposed to avoid mentioning the competion? Since you are a TEAM LEADER I don't want to get myself into trouble with management. I can always confine my mention of other boards to PMs if that is what is required of us.

[Orangekiwi]

Originally Posted by Bill McIntyre

just trying to assist people in finding the best place to get their questions answered.

i am with you on that one bill, no better person who is willing to help someone out with any questions about spearing.

[icarus pacific]

Originally Posted by Bill McIntyre

It seemed typically sarcastic, but I just couldn't understand where is it was coming from. Are we supposed to avoid mentioning the competion? Since you are a TEAM LEADER I don't want to get myself into trouble with management. I can always confine my mention of other boards to PMs if that is what is required of us.

Yes, well the shared sarcasm being typical aside, DeeperBlue has zero problem mentioning any of the other sites, their members or their content. I know Spearboard and others generally have the same feelings, that their chosen sites, you with Spearboard for example, cover the bases most locally and effectively. I belong to them all as well and they are tools, much like some of the members.

I made my initial post wondering why it's so vital to hear that you won a raffle and decided not to honor the prize. Yeah, I know it's a royal pain in the ass to pull my Wongs, (and my Alexander's and Anderson's) apart just o smear some paint on them, and I'd not do it either, especially to my two Prodonovich's. And really that's enough... "Dear reader, I don't subscribe to the camo thing and part of the reason is the disassembly/reassembly parocesses..." At that point, your part is made clear w/o going "nah-nah... I won a contest and still didn't get it done." That's all.

And I hope the #2 guy was able to benefit if you turned it down, as maybe he likes refitting triggers and worrying about the barrel getting dinged in the gun bucket.

[chrisreynolds]

hi guys

just wanted to get some feedback on some camo spray jobs i've done.

i'll pop some more pics on soon.

chris

[foxfish]

Looks cool but is that bright red mono you are using?

[Pastor]

Nice looking job, good graphics too! It all looks like it will do as good a job as any other camo. I like the red mono, Ideal if you get a Bass diving into the kelp once speared

[foxfish]

You are red mad!

[Bill McIntyre]

Originally Posted by Pastor

Nice looking job, good graphics too! It all looks like it will do as good a job as any other camo. I like the red mono, Ideal if you get a Bass diving into the kelp once speared

For what its worth, I tried red mono for a while. It showed up great on the surface, but red is the first color to disappear as you descend. It ended up looking just like black mono at any depth at all.

This stuff is the best I've used so far for showing up down in the shade and the murk. However, it only comes in 2 mm as far as I know, and that might be too thick for your lighter Euro guns.

[Pastor]

On the subject of red camo this apparently in the new elios red suit

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by Pastor

On the subject of red camo this apparently in the new elios red suit

I bet you already placed an order.

Chris, nice job. You should consider getting a Seacsub XLite Combat mask & snorkel, their camo is very similar to the pattern & colour you've used.

I don't think I will camo my gun though, it would be near impossible to find if dropped already. Also, I've decided that for this year, "black is the new camo".

[Pastor]

Not this year mate, I have suits coming out of my ears but next time maybe.

[foxfish]

I have got loads of red paint & a spray gun!