Hey folks. Just got a Rob Allen 110cm Tuna gun and have been out in front of where I am living and working, trying to shoot some fish in the inner reef. I was having some pretty good luck, though definitely still not completely figuring out my aim. I have mostly just pulling a single band, but tried a few times with both bands pulled. I took a shot angling up at a parrot fish about 6 inches above a coral with both bands pulled. To my surprise I shot way low, blowing up the small chunk of coral. Ever since, I have not had any luck with my shots, missing about 8 times in a row. I detached the line from the gun, but not from the shaft due to not wanting to fuss with a new crimp, to check the straightness of the spear buy setting it on two hardback books on each end, and rolling the shaft. Everything looked fairly good and straight to me.
I have been wondering if perhaps one of the reasons other than not having aiming dialed in, and things like current/ wave action, is if my accuracy has been off because I didn't know that I was for sure supposed to keep the flopper locked in the closed position when shooting. I had a fish get off, because the flopper never went perpendicular to the shaft after I speared it, so I've just been letting the flopper dangle ever since. Maybe my flopper isn't quite tuned right. I looked at some videos on it, and I think it is a bit stiff as it requires a really good karate chop to flop down.
My question is this: Does everyone always shoot with the flopper in the locked position? Does shooting a railgun with the flopper down at a 45-90 degree angle greatly affect accuracy (I would think so)?
Thanks in advance,
Boat
I have been wondering if perhaps one of the reasons other than not having aiming dialed in, and things like current/ wave action, is if my accuracy has been off because I didn't know that I was for sure supposed to keep the flopper locked in the closed position when shooting. I had a fish get off, because the flopper never went perpendicular to the shaft after I speared it, so I've just been letting the flopper dangle ever since. Maybe my flopper isn't quite tuned right. I looked at some videos on it, and I think it is a bit stiff as it requires a really good karate chop to flop down.
My question is this: Does everyone always shoot with the flopper in the locked position? Does shooting a railgun with the flopper down at a 45-90 degree angle greatly affect accuracy (I would think so)?
Thanks in advance,
Boat