- Hey guys, it's Tyler here from Adreno spearfishing.
And today we're here to talk
about the front end of your spear.
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We've covered in previous videos, the rear end,
and how to decide what type of spear,
whether it's a Euro or American notch.
This week, we're going to be talking about the front end.
We're going to be talking about your bullet points
and tri-cut tips, and also flopper style.
There's a couple of different styles of floppers.
Now you've got your Tahitian and your Hawaiian.
So, your Tahitian spear typically will
have the flopper on top.
So easiest way to decide what the top is,
is have a look where the notches are on the spear.
And if your flopper's on top,
you've got yourself a Tahitian.
We then move on, same thing again,
you have a look at the rear of the spear
where the tabs face up.
And if that flopper is facing down,
we've got a Hawaiian spear.
Now moving on from there,
we've got threaded spears or drop barbs spears as well.
Typically these are a setup for your slip tips
along those lines, especially with your pelagic fish.
the difference between choosing a Hawaiian
or a Tahitian spear, there are a few things to think about.
So by having your flopper on top,
for me, it changes a few things with your shot.
Typically when you've taken a shot with your spear,
you're always going to have a little bit
of whip action through the spear
which can put your shot out.
By then having your flopper on top,
naturally while having more of a weight.
Once you have shot the spear and it's leaving your muzzle,
that flopper will now want to end on the bottom.
So now your spear is also rotating
rather than just whipping.
So there's now two actions happening to the spear
that you can't control.
So by having the flopper on the bottom,
it's already got the most of the mass
at the bottom of the spear.
And I think typically,
I'm a lot more accurate when I'm using these guys.
With that in mind, most manufacturers,
most people are just using your Hawaiian spear.
They're very reliable,
but that's not to say that Tahitian won't work for you.
Like I said, for me, I like to use it on a smaller gun,
maybe in a comp, a nice little gun
that I can track really quickly put into caves.
That's where I see that it has its benefits.
So now we've worked out the difference
between a Hawaiian flopper and a Tahitian flopper.
Biggest thing I like to look at
when I'm buying a spear is the way
that the flopper itself is tuned.
So a really big thing when you go
into your shop to get a spear,
a really nice, easy test is to hold
your spear back towards your tang
and in the middle, hit it.
And if your flopper stays up,
it's a relatively pretty good tuned flopper.
We're also looking to make sure that your flopper isn't
anywhere close to 90 degrees,
because that allows for,
if you shoot quite a large fish, 20 kilo kingy,
10 kilo kingy even,
sometimes there'll be too much leverage for the fish
to get on the flopper and can tear that flopper off.
So big thing there, again, grab your spear towards the end,
have the flopper facing up, hit it in the middle.
And if that flops up, that's what we're looking for.
Again, then pull on your flopper
and make sure that it is nowhere near 90 degrees.
One more thing to think about
when you're looking at the front end of your spear
and what spear to choose is what style of head it has on it.
Now, typically there's two different styles
when we're talking about flopping spears,
you're going to have a bullet point spear,
which is an evenly rounded tipped spear.
You've then also got a tri-cut spear.
The difference between both of those,
is typically it is a lot easier
for people to sharpen a tri-cut spear
because it is just three square edges.
So file is really easy
to still keep it quiet, nice and even,
and keeping that point right in the center of the spear.
It is a lot harder to do that with a circular shaped
or bullet point head.
Looking at your tri-cut also verse your bullet point.
For me, it's a lot harder to blunten a tri-cut spear.
So in that sense,
it's also got a lot more penetration power.
So if you're chasing bigger fish
and you're trying to make sure that
if you hit a spine on a marlin or a dog tooth,
that's as thick as that,
you want to make sure you have as much
penetration power or bone splitting power.
And you're going to typically find
that a tri-cut spear will hold
that over a bullet point spear.
From there, we touched on it earlier.
You've also got your threaded ends
and these ones are going to typically be used
in conjunction with a slip tip.
And they're going to be a real big benefit
for guys out there chasing pelagic species.
Easy guys, so for any more information
on any of these spears,
head on over to our website at spearfishing.com.au
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