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Speargun Aiming

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Instinct shot - point and shoot.
To break it in sequences:
- raise the gun and align it with my dominant eye and the fish, looking to fish a little bit over it;
- I look only to fish and never to gun or shaft;
- to easily see the tip of the shaft without focusing on it, it helps to use a yellow (or another light color) o-ring to secure the flopper;
- both eyes open;
It's complicated to decide on dry land what is the best way for you to aim; to figure it out go target practice.
 
Spearfishing is difficult, especially if you are a beginner. However, with practice and knowledge of the right techniques, it will be easy to learn. Having the right gears will also help to make things a lot easier. From breathing exercises to learning how to be quiet, learn various techniques to make spearfishing easier.

Regards - Fishing
 
My recent holidays involved only infrequent snap shots at fairly small, usually fast moving, fish. No time for aiming.

An unusually chubby mackerel (they are always small in GB waters) swam by my head at moderate speed. The water was clearer than usual, so I was trying out my new roller speargun. Although I was out in the open, on the flat sea bed, I don't think it really noticed me until I raised the roller, perhaps because I was still and wearing my full camo suit? I tried to point the tip at the fish but the tip wobbled around in a big circle, I laughed in my head, but I finally took a hail Mary shot as the now spooked mackerel took off. Missed by a country mile!

I simply wasn't used to handling the roller, which is so different to my superlight Omer XXVs. I practiced moving, aiming and dry firing it a few times after that! . A better choice for that shot would have been my nimble 75cm XXV, I shot fast moving mackerel with it before. But I left that behind, because visibility was good, I look my 90cm XXV and 95cm roller - usually a better choice for such conditions. The roller is an interesting beast, I look forward to using it more but no doubt it will cost me some missed fish at first, sigh. I really envisioned it being used to target large, slow moving, curious fish (like those in youtube videos by Dawid Pescasubmainer) but alas, the fish I encounter are rarely curious
 
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