Michael Guerrero
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What are the reasons to use a break-away vs. a fixed spear tip? Also, one flopper, two...?
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lemke
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A break-away tip helps prevent a big fish from turning your spear into a pretzel... usually around a rig, reef or other "structure". I usually use a single flopper tip, just due to simplicity. I've never understood the need for a double flopper when a properly tuned single works just fine.
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A break away tip is much more expensive, is moderately to severely vulnerable to damage associated with impact to a reef or wreck, may degrade the accuracy of the gun/shaft and possibly most importantly.. it can be a real pain in the butt to remove from the fish.
If you are freediving for large, powerful, pelagic fish with little chance of missing and hitting a wreck AND you are gonna have to get on the boat to mess with the fish after the shot.. then a break away is a very viable choice.
If you are scuba hunting for small to moderately sized fish: "this is not the tip you are looking for"
Also, with respect to floppers.. Single flopper screw on tips are generally crap and only good for small fish. If you want to hunt a decent sized fish and use a screw on tip, then a double flopper WITH a spinner head is what you want. The shafts that use a Hawaian tip, single long, tuned flopper probably hold better than most double floppers because they make a smaller hole on entry.
If you are freediving for large, powerful, pelagic fish with little chance of missing and hitting a wreck AND you are gonna have to get on the boat to mess with the fish after the shot.. then a break away is a very viable choice.
If you are scuba hunting for small to moderately sized fish: "this is not the tip you are looking for"
Also, with respect to floppers.. Single flopper screw on tips are generally crap and only good for small fish. If you want to hunt a decent sized fish and use a screw on tip, then a double flopper WITH a spinner head is what you want. The shafts that use a Hawaian tip, single long, tuned flopper probably hold better than most double floppers because they make a smaller hole on entry.
Water Boy76
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Unless you are shooting Wahoo and other Pelagics I would use this style shaft. [The Flopper not screw on]
Spearfishing Speargun Shafts | American Style Square Notch
Spearfishing Speargun Shafts | American Style Square Notch
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Michael Guerrero
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I've got a screw-on tri-cut long double flopper with a spinning head made by Ocean Rhino at the moment.
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