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thanks for the reply and info, it all helps much appreciated, sunny guy.Mine is on my buoy 15 mts behind me
thanks for your reply, all info and advice is much appreciated, regards sunny guy.Hope that was helpful
thanks for your reply , all info and advice is much appreciated regards sunny guy.I use my float line between the float and the gun as stringer . That's a compromise between the two. I made a speed needle in SS and attached it to the float line. Se Photo.
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Nice job making your own s/steel stringer Jegwan Speed-stringers are an interesting option. In addition to a stringing needle, Rob Allen also offer a cable with a spear flopper/barb that fits between the float & the float line, so that when(/if) the fish works its way right up the float line, it remains there. Probably makes sense for locations like Africa where there a lot of very big fish to be had & the fish are so big that they might hold you back - and the risk of attracting sharks to you, of course .I use my float line between the float and the gun as stringer . That's a compromise between the two. I made a speed needle in SS and attached it to the float line. Se Photo.
Jégwan
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very cool looking stringerI use my float line between the float and the gun as stringer . That's a compromise between the two. I made a speed needle in SS and attached it to the float line. Se Photo.
Jégwan
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Nice job making your own s/steel stringer Jegwan Speed-stringers are an interesting option. In addition to a stringing needle, Rob Allen also offer a cable with a spear flopper/barb that fits between the float & the float line, so that when(/if) the fish works its way right up the float line, it remains there. Probably makes sense for locations like Africa where there a lot of very big fish to be had & the fish are so big that they might hold you back - and the risk of attracting sharks to you, of course .
I like the idea a lot but I see a few potential drawbacks to using them that have deterred me from trying this so far:
a. You usually need to disconnect your gun from the float-line to thread the fish (so be careful not to drop your speargun/fish while doing this).
b. Some fish may not be tough enough to survive the trip up the float-line & could break off (grey-mullet are the classic example of a fish that can break off a stringer - I usually thread them through the middle of the skull rather just through the gills but I am still wary of loosing them).
This is the setup most of us here use in NZ I would never use the Kidney berley(fish strung on waist) system they use in the meds.I use my float line between the float and the gun as stringer . That's a compromise between the two. I made a speed needle in SS and attached it to the float line. Se Photo.
Jégwan
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