CootCommander

Been there done that...First time I was actually happy I missed lol

DropB

Thanks mane! Just like that it all makes sense! might give it a shot on Sunday............

WhackUmStackUm

Hey Clay. You've made a believer out of me. I'm going to setup a riding rig and kill spike. Losing one Riffe CX2 and almost losing another this year also helped convince me.

I see some of the Hell Divers use stainless steel cable. Do you think is a good idea or a bad one? I'm trying to decide which way to go myself.

Thanks,
Bryan

CootCommander

I used the stock rigging on my riffe and it does fine. I rigged up a cable rig for my buddy and he shot a pretty good size AJ with no problem. I think I'm going to keep the stock rigging, shaft and tip for snapper and the like and put together a cable setup on a shaft with a break away tip for the bigger boys after seeing the shaft a good size AJ turned into a coat hanger while we were at the Tenneco. It's pretty easy to set up with the cable as long as you have a swagging tool and make sure you use two ferrules per connection and heat shrink and coat the frayed ends to keep them from scratching up your gun and cutting your bands

markhsaltz

Riding rigs are great.Been using em for 30 years. I'm amazed at how many people 1) use mono 2) tie the guns to themselves. Great video Clay and what took you soo long to switch?

Clay-Doh

Sorry I haven't been on here in a while. I'll throw my speargun i my truck and will be at Gilligans Tiki Bar behind Hampton Inn on P-Cola Beach tonight as usual for free oysters around 6:30 if anybody wants to take a look at it, and shoot the crap and tell spearfishin storys (lies!)

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Clay-Doh

Wakum, my tuna gun Riffe "W" model, the biggest they make with 4 bands and 72" long 3/8" thick shaft with breakaway float line, has stainless. I tried it on a regular gun, and I am againts it.

1. If you still end up getting wrapped, a lot harder to cut (keep those diving shears on you handy).

2. It gets permanant kinks in it.

3. It frays when when it rubs hard on something and gives you "splinters".

I don't use mono. I use dynema or spectra, not sure which it is, the same thing that are used for band wishbones for finned tab. The stuff I use is incredible! I tried kevlar, didn't like it. This stuff doesn't have memory, and get kinks, and mine has been rubbed tight againts wrecks plenty, and I can't believe there are no abrasions. Mono would have already shredded what mine has been through.

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coolbluestreak

Bump for a good read.

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Clay-Doh

Wow this is an old one Jeremy!

The shooting line I have been using for 3 years now is 550lb. 1.9mm Spetra/Dynema. I love this stuff. I've used stainless cable, mono, the standard stuff JBL and Biller has on there guns, and Kevlar. This stuff never dies. Abrasion resistance is awesome, and it doesn't kink like mono.

Here's some pics of the close ups of the terminal connections on the riding rig. I like the little stainless steel threaded chainlink for the connection so that I can undo it the shaft and line from the rope if the shaft goes all the way thru the fish and I can't get it back through and just want to pull the line through the fish.

And what Coot said about a heavy clip on the loop, I used to have one of the big brass clips on the hand loop of the riding rig, but found it was overkill, and like he said, the weight of it could pull hard enough and I did have a couple times it pulled the loop end of the bungee off the "line anchor". I know use one of those aluminum caribiner clips which is plenty of strength for if you loop your rope around something with a fish on to clip it to itself.

Here's some pics.
1st is overall gun with lines stowed for on the boat or whatever. Riding rig loop around the handle, and other end on my kill spike (can go over your spear shaft too if you don't have a kill spike.)



2nd and third are close ups of how I attach my riding rig to the shock cord, and how the shock cord attaches to the line anchor on your gun.




4th picture is the gun in "shooting mode. The bottom rope and clip I attach to the top right D-ring on my bc, and the loop is what I hold in my left hand. Notice the light aluminum caribiner clip on the riding rig loop. Great for wrapping the rope around part of the wreck or a railing and clipping it to itself and making sure your fish and going to get away. Also great for clipping to an anchor line if your on your safety stop or on an accent from a deep dive over "open water" and a big cobia or AJ begs to get shot but you don't want to be in the middle of the water column dragged any direction.



Last pic is overall gun with it ready to go.

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