Colin. I attach my second torch to my maskstrap, I find much better than attached to your wrist, its effectively a head torch, much easier when loading the gun or stringing, wherever you look you can see. Bicycle inner tube works well and is a heck of a lot cheaper alternative to the fancy velcro jobby. I take the mask strap off, pass it through a 3-4cm length of inner tube then re-attach the strap to the mask. My little Q40 slides in tightly, and I tie the lanyard around the strap for security. There is a certain amount of adjustment and its also great as a head torch when walking up the beach after a dive when you have armfuls of fish..... I wish roflrofl
Because I am from the school who like to dive with the bobber line attached to myself, rather than holding it. I also use a thin strip of bicyle inner tube as a 'weak link' between the stainless clip on my bobber line and my weight harness (which I clip my bobber line onto) That way if I get any problem with my bobber line getting tangled in something underwater I know that the inner tube will easily break and set me free.
On the subject of bobber lines. A while ago I decided to try and do something about the tangling of the line around your flippers and legs which sometimes happens.:vangry I use floating polyprop line which is fairly stiff and doesn't get tangled on itself but I always seemed to get caught up when I surfaced after I caught a fish and was trying to string it on the bobber :vangry
In order to try and make the line float more, I fed the line through one of those little (10 - 12cm long) oval hard plastic floats which run along the top of gill nets and you ofetn find washed up on the beach. I fixed the bobber to the line about 2m up. BINGO I hardly ever get caught up now, and don't notice the little float at all
what was happening before was that when you surfaced quickly the bobber line was not bouyant enough to come up with you due to the tension on the line and water resistance. The extra bouyancy in the little float is enough to keep the bobber line away from you.
My ear is now nearly back to normal hoping to get in the water soon. In Cyprus week after next, so hope cleared up by then esp as we are visiting mother in law AND I have 2 days tank diving lined up
Because I am from the school who like to dive with the bobber line attached to myself, rather than holding it. I also use a thin strip of bicyle inner tube as a 'weak link' between the stainless clip on my bobber line and my weight harness (which I clip my bobber line onto) That way if I get any problem with my bobber line getting tangled in something underwater I know that the inner tube will easily break and set me free.
On the subject of bobber lines. A while ago I decided to try and do something about the tangling of the line around your flippers and legs which sometimes happens.:vangry I use floating polyprop line which is fairly stiff and doesn't get tangled on itself but I always seemed to get caught up when I surfaced after I caught a fish and was trying to string it on the bobber :vangry
In order to try and make the line float more, I fed the line through one of those little (10 - 12cm long) oval hard plastic floats which run along the top of gill nets and you ofetn find washed up on the beach. I fixed the bobber to the line about 2m up. BINGO I hardly ever get caught up now, and don't notice the little float at all
what was happening before was that when you surfaced quickly the bobber line was not bouyant enough to come up with you due to the tension on the line and water resistance. The extra bouyancy in the little float is enough to keep the bobber line away from you.My ear is now nearly back to normal hoping to get in the water soon. In Cyprus week after next, so hope cleared up by then esp as we are visiting mother in law AND I have 2 days tank diving lined up
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