b'SPEARFISHINGThe writers Mares Viper 120cm is the perfect all-round gun which speared this kingfish and pink maomao on the same dive.Band powered gunsand perfectly accurate. Band thicknessstraight and sharp. I try to use hardened depends on the number of bands yousteel wherever possible, due to a slight are incredibly quietwant to use, but a gun with doubleweight increase you get far more punch when fired and aiming withbands will accommodate 14, 16 andwith your spring steel spear, you do 18mm bands. get some rust, but this is always just one is a breeze. cosmetic and doesnt affect performance. POINTY END They dont bend as easy and last a As you will see guns do come inWhen it comes to shafts there are twolot longer.smaller sizes including 50, 75, 90 andtypes: stainless steel and spring steel.The most important part of your spear 100cm however the smaller you go, theThe most important thing about youris the flopper. Without it your spear will less powerful it will be. These smallerspear is keeping it nice and sharp, yougo in the fish and then straight back out sizes are great for kids or if you arewant the spear to go through the fish notagain, a flopper is basically a barb that only targeting small fish, however theyjust knock it out. Rocks, thick scales, andholds your fish on the spear. There are are likely to bounce off bigger snapperlarge fish all put strain on your spear andtwo types of floppers and the first is and kingfish unless you are very closespear tip so always check to ensure it isknown as Tahitian flopper this sits on the 40FISHING IN GODZONE JAN/FEB 2022'