Ohooo, the legs in floatline problem? One cure only: Cut off the legs:crutch
Ahh ok, the suggestion from Surfnspear to get a floating floatline and detach yourself from the line might be the first one to try rofl
There are many setups available, and its a matter of prey, hunting grounds, technique and personal preference but I guess that only Azapas suggestion and my first one are the only two which really solves your problem (both causing other more or less obvious problems thou).
Just to describe another float line setup which I use in what I imagine is the other end of the scale compared to Azapa in terms of the above variables:
I hunt small fish up to 5kg along stone jetties and on narrow stone reefs in the water edge in usually murky waters where "if I can see it, I can shoot it", and shallow between 0,5 and 10m. Usually having to cover some distance, parking the buoy is not feasible.
Well, I´ve found that a good setup for me under the given condition is a homemade 4-6mm floatline made out of a transparent hose with a 1,5mm dynema line inside (instructions elsewhere here on DB or
here. Remember to give the vacum cleaner a breake once in a while). I use a brakeaway system where the FL is tied directly to the shooting line with a small piece of dynema (no tuna clip) and a slim O-ring to the linerelease.
So, when I´m fortunate enough to shoot a fish, I slide it directly from the shootingline on to the floateline and use that as a stringer; then reloade and continue. It´s a very fast system and the gun is never left in the water, easy to direct the FL from side to side with the free hand, plus no thin soft reelline, no getting the stringer on the buoy 15m away, no fat spasming mullet with a spike on the back hanging on the weight belt, just shoot and go.
Just another setup...Hope you are still awake zzz
Best regards H!
