SettingSteel SpearGear

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Beauty and the Beast

OK I know what youz all are asking, Why am I here blogging with this pristine of a spearfishing day? Right? Well it has to do with the factors that have come together all at once. I will explain and at the same time perhaps enlighten you on a few things to register in the tip tank.

Sun, Rain and Moon- and how it will affect a spearfishing day.

SUN: aka Beauty....ahhh nothing like a sunny day to create that transperancy at depth, as well as warm up the water.

RAIN: aka Beast...Lately its been raining pretty much daily- rain will do a few things for one it'll change the salinity of the water, and second alot of it will got washed off the streets and dumped in the sea.


MOON: although presently a waning gibbous (about 72% full) it was pretty much full on, in all its glowing glory, not to bad if your romancing, but the current gets ripping when the moon be full.

Alright so what does all this info regarding the sun, rain, and the moon have to do with spearfishing? When its been raining alot the waters salinity changes when combined with lots of sun you get an algea bloom so the water gets particulated & greenish and the viz diminishes substantially, on a good note more baitfish will be abounding. The moon will cause the tide to swing stronger on both ends so alot of rain wash off will be coming in and out of the bay, also influencing the viz, plus not to mention make a spearfishing dive quite intense. So now you got bad viz and strong current and warm water....this means looking for fish in 50+feet (warm water=more depth), but since viz is shabby you'll have to hunt at mid depth or the bottom, add the ripping current to the mix and you got the "work for each fish" factor into play.

Ok, Ok, I know better to be in the water shootin fish than blogging....I'm outa here ;)


Till next spearfishing report, tight bands, straight shafts, and smooooooooth triggers!

Tone
http://www.settingsteelspeargear.com/

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Another Enclosed Track Euro Build

Well, aside from not posting in forever...I've thankfully been busy tying some loose ends on the up and coming SettingSteel SpearGear site and finishing up some more Custom made Euro Enclosed track spearguns. This latest custom speargun design was also tweeked to the max! What we have is a Basswood core (think balsawood) all wrapped in carbon fiber, with a padauk wood triad-shaped sides and padauk/graphite enclosed track. With the very ergo Cressi Geronimo handle/trig mech. This gun like its early precessors also has the beautiful cuttlefish design that helps it track incredibly fast, and the main body of wood (basswood) keep it light and bouyant. As in the other designs I kept the bands as high as possible to alleviate recoil...this results in the famous "recoilessness" of a euro, while adding in an enclosed track also aids immensely in the prevention of shaft whip due to overpowering the gun. A couple of readers have asked why a full on carbon fiber wrap as opposed to just the carbon belly of the other guns? Mainly because the bulk of the gun is made of basswood a very light wood,and the guns incredibly tight dimensions (less than a 3/4' high and 3/4" wide)were needed in order to prevent the gun from bending hence the full on carbon wrap was essential. As in the other builds this gun also has an integrated shark pic/line retainer.

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Here are some specs

Gun is 115cm (45")tip -butt2.5cm (1") high, and tapers from 2cm (3/4") to 4cm (1 3/4")

band to first fin 90cm (36") -5/8 20"band to second fin 100cm (39") -5/16 21"made this gun with a basswood,cumaru core, and padaukits triad shaped (like the other build), with a graphite poured enclosed track, CF muzzle and built in line retainer/shark pic

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We tried this Enclosed track Euro gun on a few outings and this speargun is amazing! You can't even see the arrow peeling off the track; its got some amazing pinpoint accuracy thanks to the Euro design and enclosed track. This speargun feels like a feather in the water and maneuvers better than a tube railgun, thanks to the double tapered cuttlefish design. This is the fourth of this generation and the guys I've built them for have been stoked with the guns performance, hopefully their will be more to come!

Till next spearfishing report, tight bands, straight shafts, and smooooooooth triggers!

Tone
http://www.settingsteelspeargear.com/