How does a speargun reel work

It also has a wide variety of different option both in strength and color. A challenge with monofilament is that it has a memory when it is wrapped from your line release to your line anchor, and that memory impacts the distance your spear travels and the accuracy of your shots. Spectra is easy to work with, strong, and durable. The benefits of being able to rig a spear shaft with some solid knots on the boat should not be discounted.

The ability to just carry a couple dozen feet of spectra in your kit certainly beats having to carry a spool of monofilament, crimps, and a crimping tool in your gear bag. Spectra also has significantly less line memory, which translates to longer and more accurate shots. The only drawback about spectra is it is more expensive than monofilament. Cable is very strong, but can be a challenge to work with.

Like monofilament, it has line memory, and requires crimps and crimping tools to rig. It does also carry the inherent entanglement risk with the additional risk of being difficult to cut. With all that being said, it is one of the strongest materials to rig your speargun with.

Just about any speargun will have at least a handle with a trigger, a barrel, and a spear. There is also almost always a shooting line release that holds the slack in the line out of the way and lets it go when the gun is fired.

Most spearguns have a pistol-grip type handle with a trigger, a safety, a line release, and a mechanism that locks the spear in place. When the safety is engaged, the trigger is locked, but when disengaged it can be pulled. Pulling the trigger will release the spear, letting the rubber bands snap back and propel the spear at the target fish. Pulling the trigger also simultaneously releases the shooting line so it has enough slack to reach the target more on how the shooting line works below.

The barrel gives the spear shaft a place to sit and guides it straight when it is fired. The back of the barrel connects into the handle, and the muzzle sits at the end of it. Barrel length is important and different types of spearfishing call for different lengths. For hunting in tight spaces and looking under boulders and in caves for fish, a smaller gun is more maneuverable.

The shortest guns are used for this and they are typically cm In the midrange, guns from cm These are used to target big game fish, usually in deep water. Speargun lengths are almost always measured in centimeters, even in the US.

At the end of the barrel is the muzzle which has a few important functions. Note that on some guns, especially wooden guns the muzzle is just the end of the barrel, not a separate part. The first thing the muzzle does is anchor the rubber bands.

To get a full stretch, these need to be right out at the end of the barrel. The muzzle also has two hooks or grooves that the shooting line passes over full explanation on how that works below.

There is also an attachment point for where the shooting line will afix to the gun, usually with a shock cord so it can stretch. Finally, there will usually be a line guide for a reel line to pass through if the gun is set up with a reel. When you install a reel on a speargun however, you instantly lengthen the amount of line that is available to you.

This means that when you shoot a fish successfully, you do not need to chase after it or fight it in anyway. You can safely go to the surface of the water to breathe and then reel in the fish using the extended line available to you. Speargun reels are especially beneficial when hunting pelagic fish and other fish that tend to stay towards the bottom. No need to chase after them and no need to fight. This itself is the biggest reason why anyone should install a speargun reel. Menu Home Gallery.