I always said Dan knew how tp polish a hole. Good job Dan.🙃

Great how to video, Daniel! I liked the valve grinding compound as a finishing touch. “If you’re old enough to know what this is, you’ll know where to get it. “ Perfect!

Great tips. I’ve had issues with bridles wearing through on rough shark fins, and I’ve lost two good fish so far from the exact issue you made the video about. I’ve since just gone to tying the loop onto the shark fin holes but I’ll absolutely be doing this in the future. Huge fear of mine and I’m checking dyneema after every shot I take out of paranoia

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

Fix it once and forget about it 😁

Thanks for the geat tip! Working on making my first custom speargun and learning a lot from your videos Daniel!

Great tip appreciate your time on showing some of us new tricks thanks.

Keep up the good work with this mini series on advice. You’re a terrific resource for the whole community!

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@ewan12kd

10 ай бұрын

I second this, so much we can learn from you!! @@DanielMann

Great tip Daniel. Thank you!

Thanx for the tip mate, always love your videos, im a huge fan and have learnt alot from watching your content, please keep it up, and keep well, greetings from Durban in South Africa

Daniel good day to you. As usually you give professional advice. Thank you very much. I don't know maybe in all world somebody gives the same information too, but here in Morder, I sobscribed on your chanel and use many recommendation. Thank you for your job!

Great vid as always!

Wow, so important! Thank you again.

Awesome tip , thank you for sharing 🎯🔥🙏🏼

Thanks Dan, appreciate the insight!

Useful tip indeed. Cheers mate.

Great advice. Thanks

I use an abrasive line, but I think your version is more cost-effective. Thanks for that one!

This is great, I snapped off my mono shooting a monster wahoo in Cornwall the other day!

@bigbopper143

10 ай бұрын

That's about as funny as cancer

@aldogjipali2835

10 ай бұрын

​@@bigbopper143i found it funny

@bigbopper143

10 ай бұрын

@@aldogjipali2835 I'd be lying if I said I cared

@TristanBehrens

10 ай бұрын

@@bigbopper143 Who shat in your cereal this morning?

I have lost two of my spears 😢 and now im left with non...and i cant go spearfishing now....next time i get a spear ill definitely do this thank u for the information.....love your content keep up

Thanks mate! You’re 100% right with the dyneema! I’ve had it gray so many times. This video is gold for anyone looking to protect their wallets from expensive shaft replacements. Can you show us the glove friendly quick release knot from the shooting line to the reel line?!

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

Cheers! I’ll have to do that knot on another video sometime.

The Master has spoken!

Awesome tip! Thanks for sharing! 🔱God Speed

Great work, ciao Daniel.

Thanks G

Nice bro you know alot 🤘🤘

Excellent video. General gear maintenance (or lack there of) has resulted in many an epic fish being lost.

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

It’s one factor you can control 😁

Thanks

When the video began I thought: "Nah man Rob Allen would never let that happen"

I love these practical tips. Seems like details, but as an angler I learned to realize the importance of getting the details right. Imo also large part of what separates the pros from the rest. In your experience, is this an issue with cheap spears or just generally an issue?

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

All the 1%’s add up to a big difference. All sorts of shafts have this problem, not just cheap ones.

Awesome vid. Such an important bit of information. Lost what should of been a world record mutton snapper in Islamorada using a brand new Omer shaft. That shaft was my backup shaft, however 2 dives earlier I lost my original shaft when a massive bull shark taxed my black grouper, as a result I used my back up shaft with 300 Lb mono line and I lost it on my first shot on what I believe was a 24-26 Lb mutton snapper. The mono snapped within 2 seconds of being dragged. Lesson learned.

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

All too common this problem with shafts sadly! Hurts even more with world class fish.

Nice info, well done. Nice solution. Valve grinding paste, now that took me back LMAO! Stay safe, have fun! 👍👌🍻

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

It gave me shudders about my 86 Corolla too 🤣

Please keep posting spearo basics videos!!

Belt reel recommendation plz:)

Wow nice

Great timely video Dan as where coming up to pelagic season in aus. Im gonna go out on a limb and guess Gumption or toothpaste would work as a cheaper more readily available source of polishing paste¿?

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

It may work but valve grinding paste is designed to be abrasive for metal. It’s not expensive but I’m sure there are other abrasives that would work also.

Latvia loves you , good video , like. !

Im curious about wood spearguns is the flare shape of the gun just for look or is there a function

I love watching your videos and Oi learned already a lot from it . Thank you for that. When seeing some videos I noticed you are using 5mm gloves etc. in water which is like 10 degrees cold. But according to the products 7mm is made for 16-10 degrees, so my question is do you think I can use a 5mm suit in spain in winter when the water is like 13 degrees or will I be to cold? happy hunting

@DanielMann

9 ай бұрын

Depends on how long you are in the water for and the style of diving you’re diving. If it’s long breath holds in deeper water you’d probably get cold after an hour. If it’s shallow up and down hole hunting maybe longer. For me I would be using a 7mm suit in 13°C.

A Dremel tool cuts down the time... but de-burring your shaft is smart fishing!

Daniel what's the best gun you can get for freshwater with fish from 1-ten kilos

Hey @Daniel Mann, when is Croatia video coming out? Cant wait for it :)

@DanielMann

9 ай бұрын

Only just left the country yesterday! Probably a month I'd say. Got a few videos to do before that.

Try Craytex flexible abrasive and a dremel

Hope to shoot a wahoo.... so ya. Great info!!😊

dremal cone - diamond lapping paste from flea bay $8

Great advice. Just busy preparing for a trip to Fiji. Have you done any video on setting up a sliptip? I can’t seem to find anything on your channel…

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

I’ve not used sliptips a great deal. Only in Tonga a long time ago.

@vanzijlp

10 ай бұрын

@@DanielMann got sorted-got hold of Darren Shields 👍

@Ashcooper117

10 ай бұрын

Where in Fiji? I’ve dived out of SavuSavu. It was great

@vanzijlp

10 ай бұрын

@@Ashcooper117 Near Naviti - a little village, so all the payments are going to the village

Thanks before iv used a mini metal file but still didnt work, il try this out.

Excellent video here. Did I hear you say that there is no need for this on rob allen shafts? Did I hear that correctly?

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

I’ve never had this issue with Rob Allen shafts. They are always impeccably finished.

Hola maestro, mi nombre es Elio y estoy empezando en la pesca submarina tengo 33 años. Que me recomiendas tu para ir mejorando en el tema de aguantar mas tiempo bajo el agua ya que a unos escasos 3m es como si me sintiera nervioso y a los 45 segundos ya siento que tengo que subir a tomar aire. me gustaría saber que concejos puedo seguir para mejorar. también tengo un problemas y es que no tengo amigos con quien ir y en el lugar donde vivo no hay cursos de apnea, yo vivo en Taiwán pero soy cubano. creo que será un poco difícil ya que toda la practica que hago es yo solo así que trato de ser sensato todo el tiempo y no llevarme al limite. que me recomiendas tu, gracias

How can you dive solo? Aren’t you afraid of blackouts? I am a newbie i always think about this any advice?

Still using a Nanna Arns float line i bought 16 years ago.

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

Must be quite tattered now!

I don't swim in the ocean. I, therefore, don't spear fish in the ocean. Nevertheless, Daniel has kept my interest in a video I'll unfortunately, never make use of. ( but on an environmental of note - a fish specifically selected, speared and brought to the plate and not lost is a win). Thanks Daniel. (who has been bitten by a shark, I'll add)

Excellent tip for an excellent tail. 👍😁 Got an expensive pair of Italian work boots a few years ago and had to take a round needle file to the eyelets as the laces were shredding inside a week. Looking to get my first set of long fins. Experienced swimmer but fairly new to diving (have spent this season on scuba fins). Tall and slim, somewhere over 80kg, had thought medium stiffness. Chris at SpearfishingUk kindly replied to my enquiry suggesting soft. Now all confused. 🤪 Would medium be too fatiguing? Would soft lack punch? 🤔 Any advice welcome. Mark

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

Depends on which brand fins. I use soft DiveR’s and I’m about 76kg, perfect for me and I know a few other friends in the 80-90kg range that use them as well.

@sporranheid

10 ай бұрын

@@DanielMann Thank you so much for replying! Really helpful and massively appreciated.

Hi Daniel ~ I'm a new spearo and I'm struggling with how to improve my shooting. The fish move so fast that there’s no time to aim😅I was wondering if you have some tips to share or if you could make a video about this?😊

@Div3rDan

10 ай бұрын

different dan but wait for the fish to swim in front of the spear! dont chase em!

@user-qt4vb7ds6g

9 ай бұрын

@@Div3rDan hhhhh thanks for the tip! I’ll try to wait longer next time

what do you use to restore the coating afterwards? i'm thinking about to do that on my salvimar shafts or better on the sharkfins. they are nice but not perfect

@DanielMann

7 ай бұрын

You don’t need to do anything to stainless steel shafts. The ones that are a bit brown coloured is just from the heat treating so not a protective layer as such. Certainly nothing like a Rob Allen spring steel shaft, you need to use zinc-it or spray gal on those.

hey dan how can i stop my spear from rusting? it makes the flopper loose very quickly and i constantly have to adjust it

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

If it’s a coated shaft it’s always going to rust once the coating gets worn off from shooting fish or shooting into sand. You can sand it down and apply something like zinc-it to it but if you want zero rust, stainless steel is the way to go.

Hii brooo,gopro hero 12 or Dji action 4 which one is better for capture spearfishing

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

Depends what is important to you. I haven’t used either camera but I can say my Osmo action 3 hasn’t failed me once. Every GoPro I’ve had has failed me many times so to me the most important thing is being reliable.

@ananthucs167

10 ай бұрын

@@DanielMann i need better quality videos which one is give better quality videos . Brother please give your mobile number i have some doubt in spearfishing

Why not just use line saver?

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

Those protective spring type things? They don’t fit through the holes very easily. Plus fix this problem once and it’s done.

Use dyneema ...

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

Same thing happens…

its not gonna happen on salvimar shafts

Chur

First thing you need is to stop shooting with mono and switch to using dyneema as your shooting line. There are multiple advantages that I won’t go into.

@tarekbaarini

10 ай бұрын

Explain please

@mikefue9597

10 ай бұрын

Completly agree. The best part is no part. So many things can go wrong with monoline. Hole snaping, crimp snaping, crimp edge cutting mono.

@DanielMann

10 ай бұрын

I can’t stand dyneema as a shooting line. Bulky knots, tangles on everything and zero memory making reloading slower. Despite our preferences, sharp spear holes are always going to win against dyneema or mono.